vesel

See also: vešel, věšel, and весел

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vezel, from Middle Dutch *vesele (from which veselen), from vese + -ele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪə̯.səl/

Noun

vesel (plural vesels, diminutive veseltjie)

1. A fibre (Commonwealth); fiber (US) (single piece/strand of fabric or other material).
2. A dietary fibre.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛsɛl]

Etymology 1

Adjective

vesel

1. short masculine singular of veselý

   Antonyms: smuten, nevesel

Derived terms

• zvesela

 

Etymology 2

Noun

vesel n

1. genitive plural of veslo

Middle English

Noun

vesel

1. Alternative form of vessel

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic веселъ (veselŭ), from Proto-Slavic *veselъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈve.sel/

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Adjective

vesel m or n (feminine singular veselă, masculine plural veseli, feminine and neuter plural vesele)

1. glad

   Synonyms: bucuros, voios

   Antonyms: abătut, indispus, posac, trist

Declension

Declension of vesel

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	vesel		veselă	veseli	vesele
	definite	veselul		vesela	veselii	veselele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	vesel		vesele	veseli	vesele
	definite	veselului		veselei	veselilor	veselelor

Derived terms

• înveseli, veselie

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• veseo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *veselъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêsel/
• Hyphenation: ve‧sel

Adjective

vȅsel (Cyrillic spelling ве̏сел, definite vȅselī, comparative veseliji)

1. (Croatia) happy, cheerful, merry

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *veselъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wéselas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛséːʋ/

Adjective

vesẹ̑ł (comparative veselȇjši, superlative nȁjveselȇjši)

1. happy, cheerful, glad

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	vesél	veséla	vesélo
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vesél ind veséli def	veséla	vesélo
genitive	vesélega	veséle	vesélega
dative	vesélemu	veséli	vesélemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	vesélo	vesélo
locative	vesélem	veséli	vesélem
instrumental	vesélim	vesélo	vesélim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	veséla	veséli	veséli
genitive	vesélih	vesélih	vesélih
dative	vesélima	vesélima	vesélima
accusative	veséla	veséli	veséli
locative	vesélih	vesélih	vesélih
instrumental	vesélima	vesélima	vesélima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	veséli	veséle	veséla
genitive	vesélih	vesélih	vesélih
dative	vesélim	vesélim	vesélim
accusative	veséle	veséle	veséla
locative	vesélih	vesélih	vesélih
instrumental	vesélimi	vesélimi	vesélimi

Further reading

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