вечер
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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.
Pronunciation
Noun
ве́чер • (véčer) f or m (relational adjective вече́рен)
Usage notes
- Declension as a masculine noun is archaic.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ве́чер véčer |
ве́чери véčeri |
| definite | вечерта́ večertá |
ве́черите véčerite |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ве́чер véčer |
ве́чери véčeri |
| definite (subject form) |
ве́черът véčerǎt |
ве́черите véčerite |
| definite (object form) |
ве́чера véčera | |
| count form | — | ве́чера véčera |
Derived terms
- вечерница (večernica, “Evening star (Venus)”)
- вечерня (večernja, “evening event”)
- вечеря (večerja, “dinner”)
- вечерям (večerjam, “to dine”)
- вчера (včera, “yesterday”)
- довечера (dovečera, “tonight, this evening”)
- навечерие (navečerie, “almost eve”)
- привечер (privečer, “dusk”)
- свечерявам (svečerjavam, “to become evening, to dusk”)
Adverb
ве́чер • (véčer) (not comparable)
- in the evening
References
- “вечер”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вечер”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 139
- “вечер”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams
- речев (rečev)
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.
Pronunciation
Noun
вечер • (večer) f (relational adjective вечерен)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | вечер (večer) | вечери (večeri) |
| definite unspecified | вечерта (večerta) | вечерите (večerite) |
| definite proximal | вечерва (večerva) | вечериве (večerive) |
| definite distal | вечерна (večerna) | вечерине (večerine) |
| vocative | вечер (večer) | вечери (večeri) |
See also
Russian
Alternative forms
- ве́черъ (véčer) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *wek(ʷ)speros |
From Old East Slavic вечеръ (večerŭ), from Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos), Latin vesper, Old Armenian գիշեր (gišer).
Pronunciation
Noun
ве́чер • (véčer) m inan (genitive ве́чера, nominative plural вечера́, genitive plural вечеро́в, relational adjective вече́рний, diminutive вечеро́к)
- evening (after 8 PM)
- 1956, “Подмосковные вечера ”, Mikhail Matusovsky (lyrics), Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (music)performed by Vladimir Troshin:
- Если б знали вы, как мне дороги
Подмосковные вечера.- Jesli b znali vy, kak mne dorogi
Podmoskovnyje večera. - If ye would know, how dear to me
The Moscow suburban evenings.
- Jesli b znali vy, kak mne dorogi
- tonight, this evening
- (formal) party, social gathering, soiree
Declension
Declension of ве́чер (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c irreg)
Related terms
- Adverbs
- Adjectives
- вече́рний (večérnij)
- Nouns
- вечери́нка (večerínka)
- вече́рня (večérnja)
- ве́черя (véčerja)
- Verbs
- Proverbs
- у́тро ве́чера мудрене́е (útro véčera mudrenéje)
Descendants
- → Yakut: биэчэр (biecer, “evening (event)”)
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “вечер”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.
Pronunciation
Noun
ве̏че̄р f (Latin spelling vȅčēr)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ве̏че̄р | ве̏че̄ри |
| genitive | ве̏чери | ве̏че̄рӣ / вече́рӣ |
| dative | ве̏чери | ве̏че̄рима / вечѐрима |
| accusative | ве̏че̄р | ве̏че̄ри |
| vocative | ве̏чери | ве̏че̄ри |
| locative | ве̏чери | ве̏че̄рима / вечѐрима |
| instrumental | ве̏черју | ве̏че̄рима / вечѐрима |
References
- “вечер”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Noun
вече́р • (večér) f inan pl