ве

See also: вэ, Ве, -ве, and Appendix:Variations of "ve"

Erzya

Ве.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mordvinic *vej, from Proto-Uralic *üje (“night”). Cognates include Finnish yö, Estonian öö, Livonian īe, Northern Sami idja, Inari Sami ijjâ, Udmurt уй (uj), Komi-Zyrian вой (voj), Southern Mansi йӣ (jī), Hungarian éj.

Noun

ве • (ve)

1. night

   апак удо ве ― apak udo ve ― sleepless night

   • 1999, Chislav Zhuravlev, Arsemat dy yozhot, page 66:

     Иля пеле чопода веде, пельть чопода тевде.

     Iľa peľe čopoda veďe , peľť čopoda ťevďe.

     Don't be afraid of dark nights, but of dark deeds.

Declension

Indefinite declension of ве (front-vowel stem (ки) type)

	singular	plural
nominative	ве (ve)	веть (veť)
genitive	вень (veń)	—
dative	венень (veńeń)	—
ablative	веде (veďe)	—
inessive	весэ (vese)	—
elative	вестэ (veste)	—
illative	вес (ves)	—
prolative	вева (veva)	—
translative	векс (veks)	—
comparative	вешка (veška)	—
abessive	вевтеме (vevťeme)	—

Derived terms

• вексэмезь (veksemeź)
• вексэмемс (veksemems)
• вене (veńe)
• вень (veń)
• вень-венек (veń-veńek)
• вень-вешка (veń-veška)
• веньберть (veńberť)
• веть (veť)

 

Etymology 2

From earlier *vej, from Proto-Mordvinic *vəjkä (see there for more).

Numeral

ве • (ve)

1. one

   Synonym: вейке (vejke)

   ве ие ― ve ije ― one year

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 15:

     I ki saiďanzat tońt viese moľme ve valgeibe, moľt martonzo kavto

     If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles

2. (colloquial) only

   Synonym: ансяк (anśak)

   Ве мон сынь.

   Ve mon siń.

   Only I came.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ве”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
• Entry #130 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Entry #145 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɛ]

Pronoun

ве • (ve)

1. Short direct object form of вие (vie).

Moksha

Etymology

Cognate with Finnish yö.

Noun

ве • (ve)

1. night