вечер

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.

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Noun

ве́чер • (véčer) f or m (relational adjective вече́рен)

1. evening, eve, eventide

Usage notes

• Declension as a masculine noun is archaic.

Declension

Derived terms

• вчера (včera, “yesterday”)
• довечера (dovečera, “tonight, this evening”)
• привечер (privečer, “dusk”)
• вечеря (večerja, “dinner”)
  • вечерям (večerjam, “to dine”)
• вечерня (večernja, “evening event”)
• навечерие (navečerie, “almost eve”)
• вечерница (večernica, “Evening star (Venus)”)
• свечерявам (svečerjavam, “to become evening, to dusk”)

Adverb

ве́чер • (véčer) (not comparable)

1. in the evening

References

• “вечер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вечер”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 139
• “вечер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• речев (rečev)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.

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Noun

вечер • (večer) f (relational adjective вечерен)

1. evening

Declension

See also

• (times of day) време од денот (vreme od denot); зора (zora), утро (utro), претпладне (pretpladne), пладне (pladne), попладне (popladne), вечер (večer), ноќ (noḱ), полноќ (polnoḱ)

Russian

Alternative forms

• ве́черъ (véčer) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

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).

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Noun

ве́чер • (véčer) m inan (genitive ве́чера, nominative plural вечера́, genitive plural вечеро́в, relational adjective вече́рний, diminutive вечеро́к)

1. evening (after 8 PM)
2. tonight, this evening

   Ве́чер обеща́ет быть прия́тным. ― Véčer obeščájet bytʹ prijátnym. ― Tonight is going to be a pleasant night.

3. (formal) party, social gathering, soiree

Declension

Related terms

Adverbs

• ве́чером (véčerom)
• вечо́р (večór)

Adjectives

• вече́рний (večérnij)

Nouns

• вечери́нка (večerínka)
• вече́рня (večérnja)
• ве́черя (véčerja)

Verbs

• вечере́ть (večerétʹ)
• вече́рять (večérjatʹ)

Descendants

• → Yakut: биэчэр (biecer, “evening (event)”)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ве̏че̄

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêt͡ʃeːr/
• Hyphenation: ве‧чер

Noun

ве̏че̄р f (Latin spelling vȅčēr)

1. evening

Declension

References

• “вечер” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Ukrainian

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Noun

вече́р • (večér) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of вече́ря (večérja)