весь

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Komi-Zyrian

Etymology

Cognates include Komi-Permyak весь (veś) and Komi-Yazva весь (veś).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋeɕ/,
  • Hyphenation: весь

Adverb

весь (veś)

  1. in vain, for nothing

Derived terms

References

  • A. I. Podorova, editor (1948), Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], Syktyvkar: Коми Государственное Издательство, page 34

Old East Slavic

Noun

весь (vesĭf

  1. Alternative spelling of вьсь (vĭsĭ)

Russian

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьśь. Cognate with Sanskrit विश्व (viśva, all).

Determiner

весь (vesʹm (feminine вся, neuter всё, plural все)

  1. (in the singular) all, the whole, all of, the whole of, the entire, the entirety of
    Synonym: це́лый (célyj)
    весь деньvesʹ denʹall day (long)
    весь мирvesʹ mirthe whole world
    вся Москва́vsja Moskváall of Moscow
    всё предложе́ниеvsjo predložénijethe whole sentence
    по всему́ ми́ру / во всём ми́реpo vsemú míru / vo vsjom míre(all) around/across the world; all over the world (literally, “across the whole world / in the whole world”)
    Они́ съе́ли всю еду́.Oní sʺjéli vsju jedú.They ate all the food.
  2. (in the plural) all, all (of) (about discrete entities)
    Synonyms: все из (vse iz), вся́кий (vsjákij), ка́ждый (káždyj)
    все шко́лы в Росси́иvse škóly v Rossíiall schools in Russia
    все ингредие́нтыvse ingredijéntyall (of) the ingredients
    Мы обошли́ все магази́ны.My obošlí vse magazíny.We went to all the shops.
  3. (colloquial) Used to emphasise the size of a numerical figure, especially in estimates; no less than, no fewer than
    На вид ей мо́жно дать все со́рок (лет).Na vid jej móžno datʹ vse sórok (let).From her appearance, you could give her no fewer than forty years.
    До ближа́йшей дере́вни бы́ло все три́дцать киломе́тров.Do bližájšej derévni býlo vse trídcatʹ kilométrov.It was a whole thirty kilometres to the nearest village.
    Отсю́да до го́рода киломе́тров три́дцать пять, а то и все со́рок.Otsjúda do góroda kilométrov trídcatʹ pjatʹ, a to i vse sórok.From here to the city is thirty five kilometres, if not forty.
Derived terms

Pronoun

весь (vesʹm (feminine вся, neuter всё, plural все)

  1. (in the singular) all (of it), the whole (of it), the entirety (of it), (it) all
    Рэп мне нра́вится, но не весь.Rɛp mne nrávitsja, no ne vesʹ.I like rap, but not all of it.
    Э́та рабо́та ска́зывается на мое́й жи́зни, да́же не на ча́сти, а на всей.
    Éta rabóta skázyvajetsja na mojéj žízni, dáže ne na části, a na vsej.
    This work affects my life, not even a part of it, but all of it.
  2. (in the plural) all (of them), every one (of them), (them) all
    Synonym: ка́ждый (káždyj)
    Мне нра́вятся не́которые, но не все.Mne nrávjatsja nékotoryje, no ne vse.I like some, but not all.
Derived terms
  • все anim pl (vse, everyone)
  • всё inan sg (vsjo, everything)

Adverb

весь (vesʹm (feminine вся, neuter всё, plural все)

  1. (colloquial) all (completely)
    Synonyms: по́лностью (pólnostʹju), соверше́нно (soveršénno), целико́м (celikóm)
    Он весь мо́крый.On vesʹ mókryj.He's all wet.
    Я вся в ожида́нии ле́та.Ja vsja v ožidánii léta.I'm all excited for summer.
  2. (colloquial) covered
    Она́ вся в синяка́х.Oná vsja v sinjakáx.She's covered in bruises.
  3. (colloquial) just like, takes after (used to express a similarity in personality)
    Он весь в отца́.On vesʹ v otcá.He's just like his father. / He takes after his father.
Declension
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Predicative

весь (vesʹm (feminine вся, neuter всё, plural все)

  1. (colloquial, dated, rare) run out, all gone
    Де́ньги все.Dénʹgi vse.We're out of money.
    Са́хар весь, на́до купи́ть ещё.Sáxar vesʹ, nádo kupítʹ ješčó.The sugar's run out, we need to buy some more.
  2. (colloquial, dated, rare, euphemistic, Tver Oblast) deceased
    Она́ вся.Oná vsja.She passed away.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьsь.

Noun

весь (vesʹf inan (genitive ве́си, nominative plural ве́си, genitive plural ве́сей)

  1. (dated, rare) village
    Synonyms: дере́вня (derévnja), село́ (seló)
    по города́м и ве́сямpo gorodám i vésjameverywhere (literally, “across cities and villages”)
Declension

Etymology 3

Compare وِيسُو (wīsū) and اِيسُو (īsū) in medieval Arabic sources.

Noun

весь (vesʹf inan (genitive ве́си, uncountable)

  1. (history) Ves' (medieval Finnic tribe, ancestors of the Vepsians)
Declension

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

Verb

весь (vesʹ)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of ве́сить (vésitʹ)

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

весь (vesʹ)

  1. all, the whole

Declension

Noun

весь (vesʹ)

  1. (archaic) a village

Declension

Synonyms

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