веник

Russian
веник

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣник (věnik), from Proto-Slavic *vĕnik, from *vĕnъ (“wreath”) + *-ikъ, 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), венец (venec), венок (venok), вейка (vejka), вить (vitʹ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲenʲɪk]
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Noun

ве́ник • (vénik) m inan (genitive ве́ника, nominative plural ве́ники, genitive plural ве́ников)

  1. broom, besom

Declension
Declension of ве́ник (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ве́ник
vénik		 ве́ники
véniki
genitive ве́ника
vénika		 ве́ников
vénikov
dative ве́нику
véniku		 ве́никам
vénikam
accusative ве́ник
vénik		 ве́ники
véniki
instrumental ве́ником
vénikom		 ве́никами
vénikami
prepositional ве́нике
vénike		 ве́никах
vénikax

Synonyms
  • вениковый (venikovyj)
  • веничный (veničnyj)

Descendants
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