From Old East Slavic воина (voina, “war”). Compare Russian война (vojna, “war”). Cognate with Finnish vaino. Alternatively of Baltic origin; compare Latvian vaina (“fault, guilt”). The word appears in older literature often with the meaning of "war".
vaen (genitive vaenu, partitive vaenu)
| Declension of vaen (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vaen | vaenud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | vaenu | ||
| genitive | vaenude | ||
| partitive | vaenu | vaene vaenusid | |
| illative | vaenu vaenusse |
vaenudesse vaenesse | |
| inessive | vaenus | vaenudes vaenes | |
| elative | vaenust | vaenudest vaenest | |
| allative | vaenule | vaenudele vaenele | |
| adessive | vaenul | vaenudel vaenel | |
| ablative | vaenult | vaenudelt vaenelt | |
| translative | vaenuks | vaenudeks vaeneks | |
| terminative | vaenuni | vaenudeni | |
| essive | vaenuna | vaenudena | |
| abessive | vaenuta | vaenudeta | |
| comitative | vaenuga | vaenudega | |
From Old Dutch fān, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han.
vâen
This verb needs an inflection-table template.