vesi

See also: vesí, vēsi, vêşi, věší, and веси

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veci, from Proto-Uralic *wete. Cognates include Finnish vesi, Hungarian víz. May ultimately be a cognate of Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥, in which case compare to Scottish Gaelic uisge, Irish uisce, Russian вода́ (vodá), English water.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvesi/

Noun

vesi (genitive vee, partitive vett)

  1. water

Declension
Inflection of vesi (ÕS type 15/käsi, d/t-ø-s gradation)
singular plural
nominative vesi veed
accusative vee veed
genitive vee vete
partitive vett vesi
illative vette
veesse		 vetesse
vesisse
inessive vees vetes
vesis
elative veest vetest
vesist
allative veele vetele
vesile
adessive veel vetel
vesil
ablative veelt vetelt
vesilt
translative veeks veteks
vesiks
terminative veeni veteni
essive veena vetena
abessive veeta veteta
comitative veega vetega

Derived terms

Further reading
  • vesi in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
  • vesi in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

Faroese

Etymology

From English WC.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈveːsɪ/

Noun

vesi n (genitive singular vesis, plural vesi or vesir)

  1. WC, toilet, bathroom

Declension
n24 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vesi vesið vesi(r) vesini
Accusative vesi vesið vesi(r) vesini
Dative vesi ves(i)num vesum vesunum
Genitive vesis vesisins vesa vesanna

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veci, from Proto-Uralic *wete. Cognates include Estonian vesi, Erzya ведь (vedʹ), and Hungarian víz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋesi/, [ˈʋe̞s̠i]
  • Rhymes: -esi
  • Syllabification(key): ve‧si

Noun

vesi

  1. water
  2. (in place names) lake
  3. (usually in the plural) rheum (watery or thin discharge from the eyes)
  4. (in some compounds) aqueous, hydro-
    vesiliuos ― aqueous solution
    vesitaso ― hydrofoil

Declension
Inflection of vesi (Kotus type 27/käsi, t-d gradation)
nominative vesi vedet
genitive veden vesien
partitive vettä vesiä
illative veteen vesiin
singular plural
nominative vesi vedet
accusative nom. vesi vedet
gen. veden
genitive veden vesien
vettenrare
partitive vettä vesiä
inessive vedessä vesissä
elative vedestä vesistä
illative veteen vesiin
adessive vedellä vesillä
ablative vedeltä vesiltä
allative vedelle vesille
essive vetenä vesinä
translative vedeksi vesiksi
instructive — vesin
abessive vedettä vesittä
comitative — vesineen
Possessive forms of vesi (type käsi)
possessor singular plural
1st person veteni vetemme
2nd person vetesi vetenne
3rd person vetensä

Derived terms
adjectives
nouns
verbs
Compounds

See also

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veci, from Proto-Uralic *wete. Cognates include Finnish vesi and Estonian vesi.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋesi/, [ˈʋe̞s̠i]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋesi/, [ˈʋe̞ʒ̥i]
  • Rhymes: -esi
  • Hyphenation: ve‧si

Noun

vesi

  1. water
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24:
      Siin ono vari vesi.
      In it is warm water.
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 14:
      Jäättyi vesi.
      The water froze.

Declension
Declension of vesi (type 5/vesi, t- gradation)
singular plural
nominative vesi veet
genitive veen vessiin, vesilöin
partitive vettä vessiä, vesilöjä
illative vettee vessii, vesilöihe
inessive vees vesiis, vesilöis
elative veest vesist, vesilöist
allative veelle vesille, vesilöille
adessive veel vesiil, vesilöil
ablative veelt vesilt, vesilöilt
translative veeks vesiks, vesilöiks
essive vetteennä, vetteen vessiinnä, vesilöinnä, vessiin, vesilöin
exessive1) vettent vessint, vesilöint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 63
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 658
  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, pages 11-12

Slovene

Verb

vẹ́si

  1. second-person singular imperative of vẹ́siti

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veci.

Noun

vesi (genitive vii, partitive vett)

  1. water

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veci, from Proto-Uralic *wete.

Pronunciation
  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvesi/, [ˈvesi]
  • Rhymes: -esi
  • Hyphenation: ve‧si

Noun

vesi

  1. water

Inflection
Declension of vesi (type X/tuli, t- gradation)
singular plural
nominative vesi veed
genitive vee vesije, vesi
partitive vette vesite, vesi
illative vette, vettese vesije, vesise
inessive veez vesiz
elative veesse vesisse
allative veele vesile
adessive veelle vesille
ablative veelte vesilte
translative veessi vesissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References
  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2 edition, Tallinn
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