ве

See also: вэ, Ве, -ве, and Appendix:Variations of "ve"

Erzya

Ве. (1.1)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mordvinic *vej, from Proto-Uralic *üje (“night”). Cognates include Finnish yö, Estonian öö, Livonian īe, Northern Sami idja, Inari Sami ijjâ, Udmurt уй (uj), Komi-Zyrian вой (voj), Southern Mansi йӣ (jī), Hungarian éj.

Noun

ве • (ve)

1. night

   веть, вене ― veť , vene ― at night

   • 1999, Chislav Zhuravlev, Arsemat dy jozhot, page 66:

     Иля пеле чопода веде, пельть чопода тевде.

     Iĺa pele čopoda vede , peĺť čopoda tevde.

     Don't be afraid of dark nights, but of dark deeds.

Declension

Indefinite declension of ве (front-vowel stem (ки) type)

	singular	plural
nominative	ве (ve)	веть (veť)
genitive	вень (veń)	—
dative	венень (veneń)	—
ablative	веде (vede)	—
inessive	весэ (vesë)	—
elative	вестэ (vestë)	—
illative	вес (ves)	—
prolative	вева (veva)	—
translative	векс (veks)	—
comparative	вешка (veška)	—
abessive	вевтеме (vevteme)	—

Derived terms

• вексэмезь (veksëmeź)
• вексэмемс (veksëmems)
• вене (vene)
• вень (veń)
• вень-венек (veń-venek)
• вень-вешка (veń-veška)
• веньберть (veńberť)
• веть (veť)

Etymology 2

From earlier *vej, from Proto-Mordvinic *vəjkä (see there for more).

Numeral

ве • (ve)

1. one

   Synonym: вейке (vejke)

   весть ― vesť ― once (literally, “one time”)

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 15:

     I ki saiďanzat tońt viese moľme ve valgeibe, moľt martonzo kavto.

     If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.

2. (colloquial) only

   Synonym: ансяк (anśak)

   Ве мон сынь.

   Ve mon sïń.

   Only I came.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ве”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
• Entry #130 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Entry #145 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɛ]

Pronoun

ве • (ve)

1. Short direct object form of вие (vie).

Moksha

Ве.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *vej, from Proto-Uralic *üje. Cognates include Erzya ве (ve).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈve/
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: ве

Noun

ве • (ve)

1. night

Declension

Declension of ве
		singular	plural
nominative (...)		ве ve	вет vet
genitive (of ...)		вень veń
dative (to ...)		венди vendi
comparative (like ...)		вешка veška
ablative (than ...)		веда veda
lative (into ...)		ви vi
illative (into ...)		вес ves
inessive (in ...)		веса vesa
elative (out of ...)		веста vesta
prolative (through ...)		вева veva
causative (for ...)		венкса venksa
translative (becoming ...)		векс veks
abessive (without ...)		вефтома veftoma

Definite declension of ве
		singular	plural
nominative (...)		весь veś	ветне vetne
genitive (of ...)		веть veť	ветнень vetneń
dative (to ...)		вети veti	ветненди vetnendi

References

• V. I. Shchankina (1993) “ве”, in Мокшень-рузонь валкс [Moksha-Russian dictionary], Saransk: MKI, →ISBN, page 25

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʋɛ]

Noun

ве • (ve) n inan (indeclinable)

1. The letter в (v), the 3rd letter of the Ukrainian alphabet.

   Synonym: ві́ди (vídy)