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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian вѣнцей (věncej). Compare Polish więcej.
Pronunciation
Adverb
ве́нцэй • (vjéncej) (dialectal, north-western)
- more often
- Synonym: (standard term) часце́й (čascjéj)
У нас ве́нцэй ка́жуць брух, чым жыво́т.- U nas vjéncej kážucʹ brux, čym žyvót.
- In our area "bruch" is more often said than "žyvot" (to mean "stomach").
- more; (in the negative) else
- Synonym: (standard term) больш (bolʹš)
Ве́нцэй нічо́га не было́ там.- Vjéncej ničóha nje byló tam.
- Nothing else was there.
1866, Петръ Гильтебрандтъ, Игнатій Котовичъ, compilers, Сборникъ памятниковъ народнаго творчества въ Сѣверо-Западномъ краѣ, Вильна: Виленскій Вѣстникъ, page 252:Не задайце жалю венцей матули моей!- Nje zadajcje žalju vjencjej matuli mójej!
- Don't make my mother sad any more!
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