веда

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *vesti. In Modern Bulgarian, its function has been mostly supplanted by the causative водя (vodja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɛˈdɤ]
  • Rhymes: -dɤ
  • Syllabification(key): ве‧да

Verb

веда́ • (vedá) first-singular present indicativepf (imperfective ве́ждам)

  1. (dated, transitive) to lead, to conduct
Conjugation
Derived terms

References

  • веда̀ (гл.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вeда̀”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 126

Etymology 2

Deverbal of Proto-Slavic *věděti (to know, to wit). Equivalent to Old Church Slavonic вѣдь (vědĭ, knowledge) + +‎ (-a).

Compare ве́щица (véštica), Russian ве́дьма (védʹma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛdɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛdɐ
  • Syllabification(key): ве‧да

Noun

ве́да • (védaf

  1. (dialectal) malevolent female mythical creature, witch, ghost
    Synonym: ве́щица (véštica)
  2. (dialectal) lightning, flash
Declension
Declension of ве́да
singular plural
indefinite ве́да
véda
ве́ди
védi
definite ве́дата
védata
ве́дите
védite
vocative form ве́до
védo
ве́ди
védi

References

  • ве́да (същ.), веда²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вѐда̀”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 126

Anagrams

Ingush

Etymology

Akin to Chechen воьда (vöda).

Adjective

веда • (veda)

  1. flat

Macedonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛda]

Noun

веда • (vedaf (plural веди)

  1. lightning, flash
  2. a type of malevolent female mythical creature

Russian

Etymology

From Sanskrit वेद (veda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲedə]

Noun

ве́да • (védaf inan (genitive ве́ды, nominative plural ве́ды, genitive plural вед)

  1. Veda

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Sanskrit वेद (veda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋɛdɐ]

Noun

ве́да • (védaf inan (genitive ве́ди, nominative plural ве́ди, genitive plural вед)

  1. Veda

Declension

Declension of ве́да
(inan hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative ве́да
véda
ве́ди
védy
genitive ве́ди
védy
вед
ved
dative ве́ді
védi
ве́дам
védam
accusative ве́ду
védu
ве́ди
védy
instrumental ве́дою
védoju
ве́дами
védamy
locative ве́ді
védi
ве́дах
védax
vocative ве́до
védo
ве́ди
védy

References

  • веда”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎[1]
  • A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “веда”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries