венок

Inherited from Old Slovak vénok, vienok, from Proto-Slavic *věnъkъ. By surface analysis, вен- (ven-) +‎ -ок (-ok).

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛnɔk]
• Rhymes: -ɛnɔk
• Hyphenation: ве‧нок

венок (venok) m inan

1. diminutive of венєц (venjec): small wreath, small garland

   Synonym: венчик (venčik)

   желєни венок ― željeni venok ― (poetic) virginity (literally, “green small wreath”)

2. bower (structure made of grass, twigs, etc.)

   Synonym: венчик (venčik)

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “венчић”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 116
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “венок”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣнъкъ (věnŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *věnъkъ, from *věnъ (“wreath”) + *-ъkъ, details of further origin unclear (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wóh₁y-nós or derived later) but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist, wind, weave”).

Cognate to вен (ven), вене́ц (venéc), ве́йка (véjka), вить (vitʹ), also compare dialectal Latvian vaînuks, vaîņuks (“wreath”).

Cognates in other Slavic languages include Ukrainian віно́к (vinók), Serbo-Croatian vijenac, Czech věnec, etc.

• вѣно́къ (věnók) — pre-1918 spelling

• IPA^(key): [vʲɪˈnok]

вено́к • (venók) m inan (genitive венка́, nominative plural венки́, genitive plural венко́в)

1. wreath, garland

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲenək]

ве́нок • (vénok) f anim pl

1. genitive/accusative plural of ве́нка (vénka)