FromMiddle Belarusianвѣкъ(věk), fromOld East Slavicвѣкъ(věkŭ), fromProto-Slavic*věkъ.
век• (vjek) m inan (genitiveве́ку,nominative pluralвякі́,genitive pluralвяко́ў)
- century (period of 100 years)
- Synonym:(more common)стаго́ддзе(stahóddzje)
- lifetime,time ofexistence
- насваі́мвяку́ ―na svaím vjakú ―during one's lifetime
- epoch,age
- касмі́чнывек ―kasmíčny vjek ―Space Age
Declension ofвек (inan velar masc-form accent-c)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
век• (vjek)
- forever,always
- векцябе́незабу́ду ―vjek cjabjé nje zabúdu ―I will never forget you
- “век” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “век”, inЭтымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2(ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika,page81
Inherited fromOld Church Slavonicвѣкъ(věkŭ), fromProto-Slavic*věkъ.
век• (vek) m
- century(100 years)
- Synonym:столетие(stoletie)
- age,epoch,era(particular period of time in history)
- Synonyms:епоха(epoha),ера(era)
Declension of век | singular | plural |
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| indefinite | век
vek | векове́
vekové |
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definite
(subject form) | векъ́т
vekǎ́t | векове́те
vekovéte |
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definite
(object form) | века́
veká |
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| count form | — | ве́ка
véka |
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Inherited fromProto-Slavic*věkъ.
век• (vek) m (pluralвекови,relational adjectiveвеченorвековит)
- century
- Synonym:столетие(stoletie)
- age (historical period)
- lifetime,lifespan
- duration
FromOld East Slavicвѣкъ(věkŭ), fromProto-Slavic*věkъ.
век• (vek) m inan (genitiveве́ка,nominative pluralвека́,genitive pluralвеко́в,relational adjectiveвеково́й)
- century
- Synonym:столе́тие(stolétije)
- XXIвек, 21век, два́дцать пе́рвыйвек ―XXIvek, 21vek, dvádcatʹ pérvyjvek ―21st century
- lifetime
- Synonym:жизнь(žiznʹ)
- age,epoch,era,period
- Synonyms:пери́од(períod),э́ра(éra),эпо́ха(epóxa)
- (geology)age
- Synonym:геологи́ческий век(geologíčeskij vek)
- A locative formвеку́(vekú) is found in the expressionнасвоёмвеку́(na svojómvekú,“in one's lifetime”) but not otherwise used; compareвдевятна́дцатомве́ке(v devjatnádcatomvéke,“in the 19th century”).
- A partitive formве́ку(véku) is found in the expressionприба́витьве́ку(pribávitʹvéku,“toextend (someone's)life”, literally“to add a lifetime”).
- An alternative pluralве́ки(véki) is found in the following expressions:
- вкóи-тове́ки(v kói-tovéki,“very rarely, once in a very long time; finally”, literally“into some centuries”)
- вове́кивеко́в(vovéki vekóv,“forever and ever”, literally“into the ages of ages”)
- наве́киве́чные(navéki véčnyje,“forever”, literally“onto the eternal ages”)
- прожи́тьа́редовыве́ки(prožítʹ áredovyvéki,“to live a long life”, literally“to live an old curmudgeon's lifetimes”)
△Irregular.
*Found in some expressions.
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
век• (vek) n inan pl
- genitiveplural ofве́ко(véko)
Inherited fromProto-Slavic*věkъ.
ве̑к m (Latin spellingvȇk)
- century(100 years)
- a longperiod oftime, especiallyhistorical; anera
- lifetime
