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) | |||
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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.