veda

See also: Veda, vedá, véda, vedà, vedä, věda, veđa, and веда

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛ.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈve.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈve.ða]

Etymology 1

From vedar +‎ -ada.

Noun

veda f (plural vedes)

1. prohibition, ban
2. closed season (period during which hunting is prohibited)

Etymology 2

Verb

veda

1. inflection of vedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “veda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛda]
• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Hyphenation: ve‧da

Verb

veda

1. present masculine singular transgressive of vést

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈve.da/
• Rhymes: -eda
• Hyphenation: vé‧da

Verb

veda

1. inflection of vedere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• deva

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from English Veda, in turn a borrowing from Sanskrit वेद (veda) and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see", hence figuratively "to know" or "recognize”).

Noun

veda m (definite singular vedaen, indefinite plural vedaer or vedaar, definite plural vedaene or vedaane)

1. (Hinduism) Veda

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑁂𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• वेद (Devanagari script)
• ৰেদ (Bengali script)
• වෙද (Sinhalese script)
• ဝေဒ or ဝေၻ (Burmese script)
• เวท or เวทะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩮᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ເວທ or ເວທະ (Lao script)
• វេទ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄬𑄘 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वेद (veda). Cognate with Prakrit वेअ (vea), वेय (veya).

Noun

veda m

1. knowledge

Declension

Declension table of "veda" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vedo	vedā
Accusative (second)	vedaṃ	vede
Instrumental (third)	vedena	vedehi or vedebhi
Dative (fourth)	vedassa or vedāya or vedatthaṃ	vedānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vedasmā or vedamhā or vedā	vedehi or vedebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vedassa	vedānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vedasmiṃ or vedamhi or vede	vedesu
Vocative (calling)	veda	vedā

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဗေဒ (beda.)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “veda”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 562.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ve‧da

Verb

veda

1. inflection of vedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʋèːða]

Verb

veda (preterite singular visste, supine vedað)

1. to know

Conjugation

Conjugation of veda

infinitive	veda
participle	veden
supine	vedað
active voice	present indicative	past indicative	present imperative
jağ	vé	visste	—
dú	vézt	visste	—
hanð	vé	visste	—
ví	veden	vissten	—
í	veden	vissten	—
dé	vé	visste	—

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věďa, from *věděti (“to know”), i.e., veda is a literal translation of the Latin scientia (“knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈveda]

Noun

veda f (genitive singular vedy, nominative plural vedy, genitive plural vied, declension pattern of žena)

1. a system of knowledge of the laws of objective reality derived from a theoretical exploratory activity, science
2. a specific scientific discipline

   historická veda ― historical science

Usage notes

• While in English the word science is often seen as meaning only the hard sciences, such as physics, chemistry, biology, in Slovak the word veda covers all scholarly disciplines, including the various social sciences that are sometimes referred to as arts in English.

Declension

Declension of veda

	singular	plural
nominative	veda	vedy
genitive	vedy	vied
dative	vede	vedám
accusative	vedu	vedy
locative	vede	vedách
instrumental	vedou	vedami

Derived terms

• vedec
• vedecký
• vedný

 

Further reading

• “veda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeda/ [ˈbe.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -eda
• Syllabification: ve‧da

Etymology 1

Deverbal from vedar (“to prohibit”).

Noun

veda f (plural vedas)

1. prohibition, ban
2. (hunting) closed season
   • 2015 September 25, “Rapaces tiroteadas en la media veda”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La media veda es un periodo, que se abre en verano y tiene casi un mes de duración, en el que se permite la caza de ciertas especies, como la paloma torcaz, la tórtola común y la codorniz.

     The half-closed season is a period which opens in summer and lasts for about a month in which hunting of particular species is permitted, such as the wood pigeon, the common turtledove, and the quail.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

veda

1. inflection of vedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “veda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish وداع, borrowed from Arabic اَلْوَدَاع (al-wadāʕ). Doublet of elveda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈdɑː/

Noun

veda (definite accusative vedayı, plural vedalar)

1. farewell, goodbye

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	veda
Definite accusative	vedayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	veda	vedalar
Definite accusative	vedayı	vedaları
Dative	vedaya	vedalara
Locative	vedada	vedalarda
Ablative	vedadan	vedalardan
Genitive	vedanın	vedaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular vedam vedalarım 2nd singular vedan vedaların 3rd singular vedası vedaları 1st plural vedamız vedalarımız 2nd plural vedanız vedalarınız 3rd plural vedaları vedaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular vedamı vedalarımı 2nd singular vedanı vedalarını 3rd singular vedasını vedalarını 1st plural vedamızı vedalarımızı 2nd plural vedanızı vedalarınızı 3rd plural vedalarını vedalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular vedama vedalarıma 2nd singular vedana vedalarına 3rd singular vedasına vedalarına 1st plural vedamıza vedalarımıza 2nd plural vedanıza vedalarınıza 3rd plural vedalarına vedalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular vedamda vedalarımda 2nd singular vedanda vedalarında 3rd singular vedasında vedalarında 1st plural vedamızda vedalarımızda 2nd plural vedanızda vedalarınızda 3rd plural vedalarında vedalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular vedamdan vedalarımdan 2nd singular vedandan vedalarından 3rd singular vedasından vedalarından 1st plural vedamızdan vedalarımızdan 2nd plural vedanızdan vedalarınızdan 3rd plural vedalarından vedalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular vedamın vedalarımın 2nd singular vedanın vedalarının 3rd singular vedasının vedalarının 1st plural vedamızın vedalarımızın 2nd plural vedanızın vedalarınızın 3rd plural vedalarının vedalarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular vedayım vedalarım 2nd singular vedasın vedalarsın 3rd singular veda vedadır vedalar vedalardır 1st plural vedayız vedalarız 2nd plural vedasınız vedalarsınız 3rd plural vedalar vedalardır

Derived terms

• vedalaşmak

Related terms

• elveda
• mevduat

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veedäk, from Proto-Uralic *wixe-.

Verb

veda

1. to take, lead
2. to drive (vehicle)
3. to take away, carry away
4. to carry, bring
5. to transport
6. to export

Inflection

Inflection of veda (inflection type 23/toda)
1st infinitive	veda
present indic.	veb
past indic.	vei
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	ven	vein	—
2nd singular	ved	veid	ve
3rd singular	veb	vei	vegha
1st plural	vem	veim	vegam
2nd plural	vet	veit	vegat
3rd plural	vedas veba	veiba	vegha
sing. conneg.1	ve	vend	ve
plur. conneg.	vegoi	venugoi	vegoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	veižin	venuižin	venen
2nd singular	veižid	venuižid	vened
3rd singular	veiži	venuiži	veneb
1st plural	veižim	venuižim	venem
2nd plural	veižit	venuižit	venet
3rd plural	veižiba	venuižiba	veneba
connegative	veiži	venuiži	vene
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	veda
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	vedes	inessive	vemas
instructive	veden	illative	vemha
participles		elative	vemaspäi
present active	vei	adessive	vemal
past active	venu	abessive	vemat
past passive	vedud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

Derived terms

• vei

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “вводить, вести, вынести, доводить, отвезти, отвести, относить, перевозить, развезти, уводить, увозить, уносить, экспортировать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika