Alternative forms

• вѣщь (věštĭ)

Etymology

From Proto-SlavicCategory:Old Church Slavonic terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#ВЕЩЬCategory:Old Church Slavonic terms derived from Proto-Slavic#ВЕЩЬ *veťь.

Noun

вещь • (veštĭ) fCategory:Old Church Slavonic lemmas#ВЕЩЬCategory:Old Church Slavonic nouns#ВЕЩЬCategory:Old Church Slavonic entries with incorrect language header#ВЕЩЬCategory:Old Church Slavonic feminine nouns#ВЕЩЬCategory:Pages with entries#ВЕЩЬCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ВЕЩЬ

1. thing, matter, object
   • from Vita Constantini, 0400700-0400810:

     философе, хотѣхь оувѣдѣти, что ѥсть философиа? онꙿ же скоромь оумомь рече абꙇе: божꙇимь и чловѣчьскꙑмь вещемь разꙋмь

     Philosopher, I wish to learn what philosophy is. With his quick mind, he replied immediately: The knowledge of matters divine and human

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2. nature, essence
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 242-243:

     коумири бо камѣни и дрѣвѣни сѫще вещиѭ не видѧтъ ни слꙑшѧтъ

     kumiri bo kaměni i drěvěni sǫšte veštijǫ ne vidętŭ ni slyšętŭ

     for idols are made of wood and stone, and of their nature neither hear nor see

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3. material good, property, possession

Etymology

Inherited from Old East SlavicCategory:Russian terms inherited from Old East Slavic#ВЕЩЬCategory:Russian terms derived from Old East Slavic#ВЕЩЬ вещь (veščĭ), borrowed from Old Church SlavonicCategory:Russian terms derived from Old Church Slavonic#ВЕЩЬ вещь (veštĭ), from Proto-SlavicCategory:Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#ВЕЩЬ *veťь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vʲeɕː]Category:Russian 1-syllable words#ВЕЩЬCategory:Russian terms with IPA pronunciation#ВЕЩЬ

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Noun

вещь • (veščʹ) f inan (genitive ве́щиCategory:Russian links with redundant wikilinks#ВЕЩЬCategory:Russian links with redundant alt parameters#ВЕЩЬ, nominative plural ве́щиCategory:Russian links with redundant wikilinks#ВЕЩЬCategory:Russian links with redundant alt parameters#ВЕЩЬ, genitive plural веще́йCategory:Russian links with redundant wikilinks#ВЕЩЬCategory:Russian links with redundant alt parameters#ВЕЩЬ, relational adjective вещево́й, diminutive вещи́ца or вещи́чка)Category:Russian lemmas#ВЕЩЬCategory:Russian nouns#ВЕЩЬCategory:Russian entries with incorrect language header#ВЕЩЬCategory:Russian feminine nouns#ВЕЩЬCategory:Russian inanimate nouns#ВЕЩЬCategory:Pages with entries#ВЕЩЬCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ВЕЩЬ

1. thing, object
2. things, belongings, goods, stuff

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “вещь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.