veja
FromProto-Balto-Slavic*wējā. Comparevėjas(“wind”), in the sense "swept area," "cleaned space." Related toLatvianveļa(“lawn”).
vejà f (pluralvẽjos) stress pattern 4
| singular(vienaskaita) | plural(daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative(vardininkas) | vejà | vẽjos |
| genitive(kilmininkas) | vejõs | vejų̃ |
| dative(naudininkas) | vẽjai | vejóms |
| accusative(galininkas) | vẽją | vejàs |
| instrumental(įnagininkas) | vejà | vejomi̇̀s |
| locative(vietininkas) | vejojè | vejosè |
| vocative(šauksmininkas) | vẽja | vẽjos |
Inherited fromOld Galician-Portugueseveja. CompareGalicianvexa.
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Probably a borrowing fromOld Tupi, comparebijá,pijá(“kind of fish”).
FromProto-Slavic*věja, whence alsoOld Church Slavonicвѣꙗ(věja,“branch”). Further cognates includeBulgarianвейка(vejka) andветва(vetva),Russianветвь(vetvʹ),Slovakvetva. Non-Slavic cognates includeSanskritवया(vayā́,“branch, twig”) (fromProto-Indo-European*woh₁y-éh₂(“branch, twig”)),Latinvītis(“vine”),GermanWeide(“willow”),Old Prussianwitwan(“willow”),Persianبید(bid,“willow”).
vȇja f
 | Thediacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | vêja | ||
| gen. sing. | vêje | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | vêja | vêji | vêje |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | vêje | vêj | vêj |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | vêji | vêjama | vêjam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | vêjo | vêji | vêje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | vêji | vêjah | vêjah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | vêjo | vêjama | vêjami |
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