вецей

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak viecej, from Proto-Slavic *vęťьjь. Cognate with Polish więcej and Slovak viac, viacej. Doublet of векши (vekši).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛt͡sɛj]
• Rhymes: -ɛt͡sɛj
• Hyphenation: ве‧цей
• Homophone: вецей- (vecej-)

Adverb

вецей (vecej)

1. comparative degree of вельо (velʹo): more

   Synonym: баржей (baržej)

   Antonym: менєй (menjej)

   вецей-менєй ― vecej-menjej ― more or less

2. (in negative clauses) any more, any longer

Derived terms

prefixes

• вецей- (vecej-)

 

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “вецей”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “more”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 183