вея

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛjɐ]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vějati.

Verb

ве́я • (véja) first-singular present indicative, impf

  1. (intransitive) to blow, to wind, to gust
    Synonyms: ду́хам (dúham), лъ́хам (lǎ́ham), (dialectal) стру́жа (strúža)
    вя́търът ве́е ― vjátǎrǎt vée ― the wind is blowing
  2. (transitive) to winnow (to apply gust of air in order to separate chaff from grain)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • завея pf (zaveja), завявам impf (zavjavam)
  • извея pf (izveja), извявам impf (izvjavam)
  • навея pf (naveja), навявам impf (navjavam)
  • отвея pf (otveja), отвявам impf (otvjavam)
  • повея pf (poveja), повявам impf (povjavam)
  • привея pf (priveja), привявам impf (privjavam, “to gust suddenly”) (dialectal)
  • развея pf (razveja), развявам impf (razvjavam)
  • вея́ч m (vejáč), вея́чка f (vejáčka, “winnower”) (obsolescent, nowadays performed by a machine)
  • вие́лица (viélica), вея́вица (vejávica, “whirlwind, strong gust of wind́”)
See also

References

  • “вея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “вея”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вея”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 141
  • “вѣꙗти”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
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Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věja, related via o-ablaut to Bulgarian ви́я (víja, “to turn, to twine”).

Noun

ве́я • (véja) f (diminutive ве́йка) (archaic, obsolete)

  1. stem, burgeon, twig
Usage notes

In the modern language, only the diminutive вейка (vejka) has survived.

Conjugation
  • ве́тва (vétva), ве́твие (vétvie, “branching”) (dialectal)
  • вене́ц (venéc, “wreath”)

References

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲejə]

Participle

ве́я • (véja)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of ве́ять (véjatʹ)
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