wesele

See also: weselę

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wassele, wasyll, whesille, weesylle, wesel, wesil, wesile, wezele

Etymology

Inherited from Old English weosule; from Proto-West Germanic *wisulā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛːzəl(ə)/, /ˈwæːzəl(ə)/, /ˈwɛzəl(ə)/

Noun

wesele (plural weseles)

1. weasel, polecat
2. A meal made of a pig or capon stuffed with pork mince.

Descendants

• English: weasal
• Middle Scots: quhasill, wasyll, wasyll
  • Scots: whaisel, whaizle, wheesel, weasel (associated with whaisle "to wheeze")

References

• “wēsel(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wesele, wesiele, wiesele, wiesiele, from Proto-Slavic *veselьje. By surface analysis, wesoły +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛˈsɛ.lɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
• Syllabification: we‧se‧le
• Homophone: weselę

Noun

wesele n (augmentative weselisko, related adjective weselny)

1. wedding reception (festivities accompanying a marriage ceremony)

   Synonyms: gody, przyjęcie weselne, (dialectal) wesoło

2. (archaic) merriment, mirth (emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter)

   Synonyms: radość, wesołość

Declension

Declension of wesele

	singular	plural
nominative	wesele	wesela
genitive	wesela	wesel
dative	weselu	weselom
accusative	wesele	wesela
instrumental	weselem	weselami
locative	weselu	weselach
vocative	wesele	wesela

Derived terms

(nouns):

• weselnica
• weselnik

Related terms

(adjectives):

• wesoły

(adverbs):

• wesoło

(nouns):

• wesołość

(verbs):

• weselić impf

Further reading

• wesele in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wesele in Polish dictionaries at PWN