v-
See also: Appendix: Variations of "v"
Albanian
Alternative forms
- f- — before l-
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *awa-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewo. See vë, cognate with Sanskrit अव (ava, “off, down”).[1]
Prefix
v-
Related terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2000), A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 170
Czech
Alternative forms
Prefix
v-
Derived terms
Further reading
- v-/ve- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Gabadi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v/
Prefix
v-
Category Gabadi terms prefixed with v- not found
References
- Oa, Morea and Ma`oni Paul. (2014-02-24). Tentative Grammar Description for the Gabadi Language. [working paper, draft created november 2013; editor: Eileen Gasaway]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL International. Available online: [2]. For the prefix v-, see page 25, section "5.2 tense" and page 28, section "5.4 realis and irrealis".
Old Slovak
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n)-.
Prefix
v-
- in-, into, inside (prefix used to express movement or direction into the interior of something)
- with intransitive verbs of motion
- with transitive verbs (insertion, injection, or placement)
- prefix used with reflexive verbs to indicate immersion, deep involvement, or integration into a state or object
- v- + žiť (“to live”) → vžiť sa (“to empathize/settle in/identify with”)
Derived terms
Category Old Slovak terms prefixed with v- not found
Slovak
Alternative forms
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Old Slovak v-.[1] Cf. v.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v/, [ʋ]
Prefix
v-
- in-, into, inside (prefix used to express movement or direction into the interior of something)
- with intransitive verbs of motion
- with transitive verbs (insertion, injection, or placement)
- in abstract or figurative contexts (smuggling, conjuring, or luring in)
- v- + lákať (“to lure”) → vlákať (“to lure in/entrap”)
- v- + kúzliť (“to do magic”) → vkúzliť (“to conjure in”)
- prefix used with reflexive verbs to indicate immersion, deep involvement, or integration into a state or object
- v- + žiť (“to live”) → vžiť sa (“to empathize/settle in/identify with”)
- v- + cítiť (“to feel”) → vcítiť sa (“to empathize/put oneself in someone's shoes”)
- v- + hĺbiť (“to deepen/hollow out”) → vhĺbiť sa (“to become immersed/engrossed in”)
- v- + čítať (“to read”) → včítať sa (“to get absorbed in reading”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016), “v-”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 646
Further reading
- Peciar, Štefan, editor (1959–1968), “v-”, in Slovník slovenského jazyka [Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–6 (A – Ž; Doplnky, Dodatky), Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo SAV, →OCLC
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *vъ-. Prefixed form of the preposition v.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋ-/
Prefix
v-
- Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings: