венцэй

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Belarusian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian вѣнцей (věncej). Compare Polish więcej.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ве́нцэй (vjéncej) (dialectal, north-western)

  1. 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").
  2. 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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