вещь
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вещь
Old Church Slavonic
Alternative forms
- вѣщь (věštĭ)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *veťь.
Noun
вещь • (veštĭ) f
- thing, matter, object
- from Vita Constantini, 0400700-0400810:
- философе, хотѣхь оувѣдѣти, что ѥсть философиа? онꙿ же скоромь оумомь рече абꙇе: божꙇимь и чловѣчьскꙑмь вещемь разꙋмь
- Philosopher, I wish to learn what philosophy is. With his quick mind, he replied immediately: The knowledge of matters divine and human
- from Vita Constantini, 0400700-0400810:
- nature, essence
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 242-243:
- коумири бо камѣни и дрѣвѣни сѫще вещиѭ не видѧтъ ни слꙑшѧтъ
- kumiri bo kaměni i drěvěni sǫšte veštijǫ ne vidętŭ ni slyšętŭ
- for idols are made of wood and stone, and of their nature neither hear nor see
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 242-243:
- material good, property, possession
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | вещь veštĭ |
вещи vešti |
вещи vešti |
| genitive | вещи vešti |
вещью, вещию veštĭju, veštiju |
вещьи, вещии veštĭi, veštii |
| dative | вещи vešti |
вещьма veštĭma |
вещьмъ veštĭmŭ |
| accusative | вещь veštĭ |
вещи vešti |
вещи vešti |
| instrumental | вещьѭ, вещиѭ veštĭjǫ, veštijǫ |
вещьма veštĭma |
вещьми veštĭmi |
| locative | вещи vešti |
вещью, вещию veštĭju, veštiju |
вещьхъ veštĭxŭ |
| vocative | вещи vešti |
вещи vešti |
вещьѥ, вещиѥ veštĭje, veštije |
Derived terms
- безвещьнъ (bezveštĭnŭ)
- безвещьствьнъ (bezveštĭstvĭnŭ)
- вещьнъ (veštĭnŭ)
- вещьство (veštĭstvo)
- вещьствьнъ (veštĭstvĭnŭ)
- невещьствьнъ (neveštĭstvĭnŭ)
Descendants
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic вещь (veščĭ), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic вещь (veštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *veťь.
Pronunciation
Noun
вещь • (veščʹ) f inan (genitive ве́щи, nominative plural ве́щи, genitive plural веще́й, relational adjective вещево́й, diminutive вещи́ца or вещи́чка)
Declension
Derived terms
- веще́ственный (veščéstvennyj)
- вещество́ n (veščestvó)
- овеществи́ть pf (oveščestvítʹ), овеществля́ть impf (oveščestvljátʹ)
- овеществи́ться pf (oveščestvítʹsja), овеществля́ться impf (oveščestvljátʹsja)
- Phrases
- с веща́ми на вы́ход (s veščámi na výxod)
Descendants
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “вещь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.