вельми

Erzya

Verb

вельми • (veľmi)

  1. third-person singular present/future indicative of вельмемс (veľmems)

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velьmi. Cognates include Serbo-Croatian veoma, Slovak veľmi, Czech velmi, Belarusian вельмі (vjelʹmi), Ukrainian вельми (velʹmy) and Polish wielmi.

Adverb

вельми • (velĭmi)

  1. very, very much
    Synonyms: мъногꙑ (mŭnogy), мъного (mŭnogo), ꙃѣло (dzělo), вьсьма (vĭsĭma), тврьдѣ (tvrĭdě)
  2. strongly, loudly
    • from Похвала прѣдивьнаего пророка Илии by Clement of Ohrid:
      И рѫгаше сѧ имъ илиꙗ и рече· вельми оубо ꙁовѣте· еда бѫдѫтъ ꙁасъпали боꙃи ваши·
      I rǫgaše sę imŭ ilija i reče· velĭmi ubo zověte· eda bǫdǫtŭ zasŭpali bodzi vaši·
      Iliyah ridiculed them and said, precisely strongly call out, will your Gods really have fallen asleep?

References

  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016), Старобългарска читанка‎[1], София

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velьmi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɛlɪˈmi/→/ʋʲɛlʲɪˈmʲi/→/ʋʲɛːlʲˈmʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɛlɪˈmi/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʲɛlʲɪˈmʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʲɛːlʲˈmʲi/

  • Hyphenation: ве‧ль‧ми

Adverb

вельми (velĭmi)

  1. very, very much

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: вельми (velʹmi), велми (velmi)
  • Russian: (archaic) вельми́ (velʹmí)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “вельми, велми”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 240
  • Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2014), “Drevnerusskoje udarenije. Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ”, in Languages of Slavic Culture‎[3] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 249

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velьmi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪlʲˈmʲi]

Adverb

вельми́ • (velʹmí)

  1. (archaic) very, much, very much
    Synonyms: о́чень (óčenʹ), весьма́ (vesʹmá)
    • 1872, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть 3. Глава 3. Законченный роман. II”, in Бесы; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Demons, Vintage Classics, 1994:
      —[...]Но так как мне э́ти траге́дии наску́чили вельми́, — и заме́тьте, я говорю́ серьёзно, хоть и употребля́ю славя́нские выраже́ния, — так как всё э́то вреди́т, наконе́ц, мои́м пла́нам, то я и дал себе́ сло́во спрова́дить Лебя́дкиных во что бы ни ста́ло и без ва́шего ве́дома в Петербу́рг[...]
      —[...]No tak kak mne éti tragédii naskúčili velʹmí, — i zamétʹte, ja govorjú serʹjózno, xotʹ i upotrebljáju slavjánskije vyražénija, — tak kak vsjo éto vredít, nakonéc, moím plánam, to ja i dal sebé slóvo sprováditʹ Lebjádkinyx vo što by ni stálo i bez váševo védoma v Peterbúrg[...]
      "[...]But since I am exceeding weary of all these tragedies—and note that I'm speaking seriously, though I'm using antiquated expressions—since it's all finally harmful to my plans, I swore to myself I'd pack the Lebyadkins off to Petersburg at all costs and without your knowledge[...]"

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish wielmi, from Proto-Slavic *velьmi. Replaced native Old East Slavic вельми (velĭmi), which would've produced **вільми (**vilʹmy).

Cognate with Belarusian ве́льмі (vjélʹmi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋɛlʲme]
  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

ве́льми • (vélʹmy)

  1. very, much, very much

Further reading

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