ввечері
Appearance
Ukrainian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- уве́чері (uvéčeri)
Etymology
[edit]Univerbation of в (v, “in”) + ве́чері (véčeri), in this instance possibly a corruption of ве́чорі (véčori), locative case of ве́чір (véčir, “evening”). Compare Russian ввечеру́ (vvečerú).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]вве́чері • (vvéčeri)
- in the evening
Usage notes
[edit]- The forms вве́чері (vvéčeri) (used after vowels) and уве́чері (uvéčeri) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.
Derived terms
[edit]- сього́дні вве́чері (sʹohódni vvéčeri, “this evening”)
Further reading
[edit]- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ввечері”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka