венец

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věnьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.

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Noun

вене́ц (venécm

  1. wreath, garland, chaplet
  2. halo, nimbus, aureole, crown
  3. string (of onions, etc.)
  4. (botany) corolla
  5. (technology) ratchet ring
  6. (anatomy) gum, gingiva

Declension

References

  • венец”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • венец”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věnьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.

Pronunciation

Noun

венец (venecm (relational adjective венечен)

  1. wreath, garland

Declension

Further reading

  • венец” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
  • венец” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
  • венец in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Russian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

ве́нец (vénecm anim (genitive ве́нца, nominative plural ве́нцы, genitive plural ве́нцев, feminine ве́нка)

  1. Viennese
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Etymology 2

From Old East Slavic вѣньць (věnĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *věnьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀníkas, from Proto-Indo-European *woyh₁níkos.

Cognate to вен (ven), венок (venok), ве́ник (vénik), вейка (vejka), вить (vitʹ).

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Pronunciation

Noun

вене́ц (venécm inan (genitive венца́, nominative plural венцы́, genitive plural венцо́в, diminutive ве́нчик)

  1. crown
    терно́вый вене́цternóvyj venéccrown of thorns
    коне́ц — де́лу вене́цkonéc — délu venécall's well that ends well
    • 1910, Дмитрий Философов, chapter II, in Голубая весна; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      Фо́рма — вели́кая вещь, но соверше́нство её́ должно́ быть результа́том до́лгих трудо́в, венцо́м поэти́ческой де́ятельности.
      Fórma — velíkaja veščʹ, no soveršénstvo jejó dolžnó bytʹ rezulʹtátom dólgix trudóv, vencóm poetíčeskoj déjatelʹnosti.
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  2. wreath, garland
    вести́ под вене́ц
    vestí pod venéc
    lead to the altar
  3. (astronomy) corona
  4. (religion) halo
  5. (construction) row of beams
Declension
Descendants
  • Ingrian: ventsa

Further reading

  • венец in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru