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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *věnьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.
Pronunciation
Noun
вене́ц • (venéc) m
- wreath, garland, chaplet
- halo, nimbus, aureole, crown
- string (of onions, etc.)
- (botany) corolla
- (technology) ratchet ring
- (anatomy) gum, gingiva
Declension
Related terms
- 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
Noun
венец • (venec) m (relational adjective венечен)
- wreath, garland
Declension
Russian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
ве́нец • (vénec) m anim (genitive ве́нца, nominative plural ве́нцы, genitive plural ве́нцев, feminine ве́нка)
- Viennese
Declension
Related terms
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
Noun
вене́ц • (venéc) m inan (genitive венца́, nominative plural венцы́, genitive plural венцо́в, diminutive ве́нчик)
- crown
- терно́вый вене́ц ― ternóvyj venéc ― crown of thorns
- коне́ц — де́лу вене́ц ― konéc — délu venéc ― all's well that ends well
- wreath, garland
вести́ под вене́ц- vestí pod venéc
- lead to the altar
- (astronomy) corona
- (religion) halo
- (construction) row of beams
Declension
Related terms
- вено́к (venók), венча́ние (venčánije), ве́нчик (vénčik)
- венцено́сный (vencenósnyj), венча́льный (venčálʹnyj), подвене́чный (podvenéčnyj), уве́нчанный (uvénčannyj)
- венча́ть (venčátʹ), венча́ться (venčátʹsja), обвенча́ть (obvenčátʹ), обвенча́ться (obvenčátʹsja), разве́нчивать (razvénčivatʹ), развенча́ть (razvenčátʹ), уве́нчивать (uvénčivatʹ), увенча́ть (uvenčátʹ)
Descendants