венцэй

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• viencej — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian вѣнцей (věncej). Compare Polish więcej.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲent͡sɛj]

Adverb

ве́нцэй • (vjéncej) (dialectal, north-western)

1. more often

   Synonym: (standard term) часце́й (čascjéj)

   У нас ве́нцэй ка́жуць брух, чым жыво́т.

   U nas vjéncej kážucʹ brux, čym žyvót.

   In our area "bruch" is more often said than "žyvot" (to mean "stomach").

2. more; (in the negative) else

   Synonym: (standard term) больш (bolʹš)

   Ве́нцэй нічо́га не было́ там.

   Vjéncej ničóha nje byló tam.

   Nothing else was there.

   • 1866, Петръ Гильтебрандтъ, Игнатій Котовичъ, compilers, Сборникъ памятниковъ народнаго творчества въ Сѣверо-Западномъ краѣ, Вильна: Виленскій Вѣстникъ, page 252:

     Не задайце жалю венцей матули моей!

     Nje zadajcje žalju vjencjej matuli mójej!

     Don't make my mother sad any more!

References

• https://bydialects.org/dicts/slounik-bielaruskich-havorak-paunocna-zachodniaj-bielarusi-i-jaje-pahranicca-1-r/298
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “венцей”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 3 (вариво – вкупе), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 108