veja

See also: Veja and вея

Galician

Verb

veja

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ver:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wējā. Compare vėjas (“wind”), in the sense "swept area," "cleaned space." Related to Latvian veļa (“lawn”).

Noun

vejà f (plural vẽjos) stress pattern 4

1. lawn

Declension

Declension of vejà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	vejà	vẽjos
genitive (kilmininkas)	vejõs	vejų̃
dative (naudininkas)	vẽjai	vejóms
accusative (galininkas)	vẽją	vejàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	vejà	vejomìs
locative (vietininkas)	vejojè	vejosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	vẽja	vẽjos

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “86-87”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 86-87

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese veja. Compare Galician vexa.

Alternative forms

• vêja (pre-reform)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ʒɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ʒa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɐ(j).ʒɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɐ(j).ʒɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ʒɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ʒɐ/

• Rhymes: -eʒɐ
• Hyphenation: ve‧ja

Verb

veja

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

Etymology 2

Probably a borrowing from Old Tupi, compare bijá, pijá (“kind of fish”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.ʒɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.ʒa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.ʒɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.ʒɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.ʒɐ/

• Rhymes: -eʒɐ
• Hyphenation: ve‧ja

Noun

veja f (plural vejas)

1. Mediterranean parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense, a fish of the Atlantic Ocean)

   Synonym: peixe-papagaio

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věja, whence also Old Church Slavonic вѣꙗ (věja, “branch”). Further cognates include Bulgarian вейка (vejka) and ветва (vetva), Russian ветвь (vetvʹ), Slovak vetva. Non-Slavic cognates include Sanskrit वया (vayā́, “branch, twig”) (from Proto-Indo-European *woh₁y-éh₂ (“branch, twig”)), Latin vītis (“vine”), German Weide (“willow”), Old Prussian witwan (“willow”), Persian بید (bid, “willow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛ́ːja/

Noun

vȇja f

1. branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing)

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	vêja
gen. sing.	vêje
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vêja	vêji	vêje
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vêje	vêj	vêj
dative (dajȃlnik)	vêji	vêjama	vêjam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	vêjo	vêji	vêje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vêji	vêjah	vêjah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vêjo	vêjama	vêjami

Further reading

• “veja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbexa/ [ˈbe.xa]
• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: ve‧ja

Verb

veja

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