vesna

See also: Vesna and весна

Czech

Alternative forms

• vesno (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vesna, from Proto-Slavic *vesna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛsna]
• Hyphenation: ve‧s‧na

Noun

vesna f

1. (literary, rare) spring

   Synonym: jaro

   Skončila zima a přišla k nám vesna.

   The winter is over and the spring has come.

   Žili spolu jako dvě děti, ač dávno měli vesnu za sebou.

   They lived together like two children despite their youth's being gone.

Declension

Declension of vesna (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	vesna	vesny
genitive	vesny	vesen
dative	vesně	vesnám
accusative	vesnu	vesny
vocative	vesno	vesny
locative	vesně	vesnách
instrumental	vesnou	vesnami

See also

Seasons in Czech · roční období (layout · text) · category
jaro (“spring”)	léto (“summer”)	podzim (“autumn”)	zima (“winter”)

Further reading

• “vesna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vesna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vesna”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• vesno

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vesna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈʋɛsna/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈvɛsna/

Noun

vesna f

1. spring

   Synonyms: jěř, podletie, lenc, sěver

Declension

Declension of vesna (hard a-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	vesna	vesně	vesny
genitive	vesny	vesnú	vesen
dative	vesně	vesnama	vesnám
accusative	vesnu	vesně	vesny
vocative	vesno	vesně	vesny
locative	vesně	vesnú	vesnách
instrumental	vesnú	vesnama	vesnami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: vesna, vesno

See also

Seasons in Old Czech · roční časové (layout · text) · category
vesna, jěř, podletie (“spring”)	léto (“summer”)	podjesen, podzimie, podzim (“autumn”)	zima (“winter”)

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “vesna”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vesna. Doublet of behar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêsna/
• Hyphenation: ve‧sna

Noun

vȅsna f (Cyrillic spelling ве̏сна)

1. (literary, rare) spring

   Synonyms: proljeće, proleće

Declension

Declension of vesna

	singular	plural
nominative	vesna	vesne
genitive	vesne	vesna
dative	vesni	vesnama
accusative	vesnu	vesne
vocative	vesno	vesne
locative	vesni	vesnama
instrumental	vesnom	vesnama

Further reading

• “vesna”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vesna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvesna]

Noun

vesna f (relational adjective vesnový)

1. (literary, poetic) spring

   Synonym: jar

Declension

Declension of vesna (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	vesna	vesny
genitive	vesny	vesien
dative	vesne	vesnám
accusative	vesnu	vesny
locative	vesne	vesnách
instrumental	vesnou	vesnami

See also

• (seasons) ročné obdobie; jar, leto, jeseň, zima ^{(Category: sk:Seasons)}

Further reading

• “vesna”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025