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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak veľký, from Proto-Slavic *velikъ. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn великый (velykŷj) and Slovak veľký.
Pronunciation
Adjective
вельки (velʹki) (comparative векши, superlative найвекши, abstract noun велькосц)
- big, large, great, tall (big in size, quantity, amount, etc.)
- Antonym: мали (mali)
- велька зрада ― velʹka zrada ― high treason (literally, “big betrayal”)
- вельки будинок ― velʹki budinok ― tall building; edifice
- big, grown-up
- Antonym: мали (mali)
- ти уж вельки ― ti už velʹki ― you're already all grown up
- док я будзем вельки ― dok ja budzem velʹki ― until I grow up (literally, “until I will be big”)
- (typography) capital, uppercase
- Antonym: мали (mali)
- велька буква ― velʹka bukva ― capital letter (literally, “big letter”)
Declension
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References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “вельки”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “big”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 38