вецер

Belarusian

вішнёвае дрэва рухаецца на ветры

Alternative forms

• wiecier — obsolete
• viecier — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian вѣтръ (větr), from Old East Slavic вѣтръ (větrŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vě̀trъ. Cognate with Russian ве́тер (véter) and Ukrainian ві́тер (víter).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲet͡sʲer]

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• Rhymes: -et͡sʲer
• Hyphenation: ве‧цер

Noun

ве́цер • (vjécjer) m inan (genitive ве́тру, nominative plural вятры́, genitive plural вятро́ў, relational adjective ве́травы, diminutive ве́трык)

1. wind (real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure)
   • 1916, “Wiecier”, in Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, editor, Rodnyje zierniaty, Wilno: Homan, page 69:

     Kali pawietre ruchajecca, to my čujem, jak jano napiraje. Pawietre, katoraje ruchajecca, heto i jość wiecier.

     When the air moves, we can sense it pushing against us. The air that is moving is the wind.

   • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 337:

     Неба, яснае і чыстае раніцой, паступова ўкрылася хмарамі; усходзіўся рэзкі вецер, паліў дождж, і цёмны туман, спусціўшыся на далёкі горад, схаваў яго ад позірку чалавека.

     Njeba, jasnaje i čystaje ranicój, pastupóva ŭkrylasja xmarami; usxódziŭsja rezki vjecjer, paliŭ doždž, i cjómny tuman, spusciŭšysja na daljóki hórad, sxavaŭ jahó ad pózirku čalavjeka.

     [original: The morning, which had been bright and clear, gradually became overcast; a sharp wind set in; the rain fell heavily; and a dark mist drooping over the distant town, hid it from the view.]

Declension

Declension of ве́цер (inan hard masc-form accent-c reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	ве́цер vjécjer	вятры́ vjatrý
genitive	ве́тру vjétru	вятро́ў vjatróŭ
dative	ве́тру vjétru	вятра́м vjatrám
accusative	ве́цер vjécjer	вятры́ vjatrý
instrumental	ве́трам vjétram	вятра́мі vjatrámi
locative	ве́тры vjétry	вятра́х vjatráx
count form	—	ве́тры1 vjétry1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

(adjectives):

• ветраны́ (vjetraný)

References

• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “ветръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 3 (вариво – вкупе), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 155
• “вецер”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “вецер” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org