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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *větrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛtɛr]
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ветер (veterm (plural ветрови, relational adjective ветерен, diminutive ветерче or ветре, augmentative ветериште or ветриште)

  1. (meteorology) wind
    Вчера дуваше силен ветер.
    Včera duvaše silen veter.
    Yesterday there was a strong wind.

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singular plural
indefinite ветер (veter) ветрови (vetrovi)
definite unspecified ветерот (veterot) ветровите (vetrovite)
definite proximal ветеров (veterov) ветровиве (vetrovive)
definite distal ветерон (veteron) ветровине (vetrovine)
vocative ветеру (veteru) ветрови (vetrovi)
count form ветера (vetera)

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *větrъ.

Cognates include English nirvana from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, blown or put out, extinguished), and English weather, athlete, vent and wind.

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ве́тер (véterm inan (genitive ве́тра, nominative plural ве́тры or ветра́*, genitive plural ветро́в or ве́тров, relational adjective ветрово́й or ветряно́й, diminutive ветеро́к, augmentative ветри́ще or ветрю́га) (* Poetic.)

  1. (meteorology) wind
  2. (plural only) the wind(s), flatus
  3. (figurative) the wind of change (usually in the phrase ве́тер переме́н (véter peremén))

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ветер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ветер”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 146
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