венец

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛnˈnɛts/

Noun

венец (venéc) m

  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

Inflection


Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věnьcь.

Noun

венец (venec) m

  1. wreath, garland

Inflection


Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲenʲɪt͡s]

Noun

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

  1. Viennese
Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣньць (věnĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *vĕnьcь, from *vĕnъ (wreath) + *-ьcь, details of further origin unclear (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *woh₁y-nos or derived later) but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (to twist, wind, weave).

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪˈnʲet͡s]

Noun

вене́ц (venéc) m inan (genitive венца́, nominative plural венцы́, genitive plural венцо́в)

  1. crown
    терно́вый вене́цternóvyj venéccrown of thorns
    коне́ц — де́лу вене́цkonéc — délu venécall's well that ends well
  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
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