венец

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věnьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɛˈnɛt͡s]
  • (file)

Noun

вене́ц • (venéc) m

  1. wreath, garland, chaplet
  2. halo, nimbus, aureole, crown
  3. string (of onions, etc.)
  4. (botany) corolla
  5. (technology) ratchet ring
  6. (anatomy) gum, gingiva

Declension

  • ве́йка (véjka, “twig”)
  • ве́тва (vétva, “sallow”) (dialectal)
  • веньо́к (venjók), венъ́к (venǎ́k, “wreath”) (in Western dialects)

References

  • “венец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “венец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věnьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛnɛt͡s]

Noun

венец • (venec) m (relational adjective венечен)

  1. wreath, garland

Declension

Further reading

  • “венец” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
  • “венец” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
  • венец in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲenʲɪt͡s]

Noun

ве́нец • (vénec) m anim (genitive ве́нца, nominative plural ве́нцы, genitive plural ве́нцев, feminine ве́нка)

  1. Viennese
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old East Slavic вѣньць (věnĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *věnьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.

Cognate to вен (ven), венок (venok), ве́ник (vénik), вейка (vejka), вить (vitʹ).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪˈnʲet͡s]

Noun

вене́ц • (venéc) m inan (genitive венца́, nominative plural венцы́, genitive plural венцо́в, diminutive ве́нчик)

  1. crown
    терно́вый вене́ц ― ternóvyj venéc ― crown of thorns
    коне́ц — де́лу вене́ц ― konéc — délu venéc ― all's well that ends well
  2. wreath, garland
    вести́ под вене́ц
    vestí pod venéc
    lead to the altar
  3. (astronomy) corona
  4. (religion) halo
  5. (construction) row of beams
Declension
Descendants
  • → Ingrian: ventsa

Further reading

  • венец in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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