ves

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See also: -ves, VES, veś, veš, věš, vés, and vês

English

Noun

ves

  1. plural of ve

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Latin vitium.

Noun

ves m

  1. vice
  2. worries
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“to speak”). Cognate to Latin vōx (“voice”). Occurs in Gheg Albanian.

Verb

ves (aorist veta, participle vetur)

  1. to ask, request (authoritatively)
  2. to beg, beseech, solicit
Derived terms
Related terms

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

ves

  1. plural of ve (“the letter V”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

ves

  1. second-person singular imperative of anar

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

(informal imperative)

(Balearic imperfect subjunctive)

Verb

ves

  1. (informal) second-person singular imperative of veure
  2. (Balearic) first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of veure

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Verb

ves

  1. (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of vessar

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Verb

ves

  1. (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of vesar

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ves, from Proto-Slavic *vьsь.

Pronunciation

Noun

ves f

  1. village
    Synonyms: vesnice, obec

Declension

Declension of ves (mixed i-stem feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative ves vsi
genitive vsi vsí
dative vsi vsím
accusative ves vsi
vocative vsi vsi
locative vsi vsích
instrumental vsí vsemi

Related terms

References

  1. ^ "ves" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading

  • ves in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ves in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • ves in Internetová jazyková příručka

Galician

Verb

ves

  1. second-person singular present indicative of ver

Ladino

Alternative forms

Noun

ves f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ביס)

  1. time

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vь̀sь.

Pronunciation

Noun

ves f

  1. village (rural municipality)

Declension

Declension of ves (i-stem reducible)
singular dual plural
nominative ves vsi vsi
genitive vsi vśú vsí
dative vsi vesma vsem
accusative ves vsi vsi
vocative vsi vsi vsi
locative vsi vśú vsech
instrumental vśú vesma vesmi
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

  • Czech: ves

References

Old Norse

Verb

ves

  1. second-person singular imperative of vesa

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьśь.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ves (Cyrillic spelling вес)

  1. (Kajkavian) all, complete, whole
    Synonyms: (Kajkavian) saj, (Standard) sav

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьsь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“house, village”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ves f (Cyrillic spelling вес)

  1. (Kajkavian) village
    Synonym: (Standard) selo

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьsь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“house, village”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ves f (genitive singular vsi, nominative plural vsi, genitive plural vsí, declension pattern of kosť)

  1. village
    Synonyms: dedina, obec

Usage notes

  • This term, in the form Ves, is only used in certain place names. The generic term for a village is dedina.

Declension

Declension of ves
singular plural
nominative ves vsi
genitive vsi vsí
dative vsi vsiam
accusative ves vsi
locative vsi vsiach
instrumental vsou vsami

Derived terms

- in toponyms:

Further reading

  • “ves”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьśь.

Pronunciation

Determiner

və̏s

  1. all

Inflection

Declension of ves (soft, irregular)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative ves vsa vse
accusative nominativeinan or genitiveanim vso vse
genitive vsega vse vsega
dative vsemu vsej vsemu
locative vsem vsej vsem
instrumental vsem vso vsem
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative vsa vsi vsi
accusative vsa vsi vsi
genitive vseh vseh vseh
dative vsema vsema vsema
locative vseh vseh vseh
instrumental vsema vsema vsema
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative vsi vse vsa
accusative vse vse vsa
genitive vseh vseh vseh
dative vsem vsem vsem
locative vseh vseh vseh
instrumental vsemi vsemi vsemi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ves”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ves

  1. inflection of ver:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular voseo present indicative

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ves f pl

  1. plural of ve

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Catalan vés.

Verb

ves

  1. (Catalonia, nonstandard) second-person singular imperative of ir
Usage notes
  • Using ves as the imperative form of ir is considered non-standard; the standard form is ve.

Swedish

Noun

ves

  1. definite genitive plural of ve
  2. definite genitive singular of ve
  3. indefinite genitive plural of ve
  4. indefinite genitive singular of ve
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