вельо
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak veľo. Cognate with Slovak veľa. By surface analysis, велї (velji) + -о (-o). Cognate with Carpathian Rusyn ве́лё (véljo), ве́льо (vélʹo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛʎɔ]
- Rhymes: -ɛʎɔ
- Hyphenation: ве‧льо
- Homophone: вельо- (velʹo-)
Adverb
вельо (velʹo)
- many, much, a lot
- Antonym: мало (malo)
- too many, too much
- much [with comparative adjective] (for emphasis or to indicate a great difference)
- вельо лєпши ― velʹo ljepši ― much better
Derived terms
adverbs
- превельо (prevelʹo)
Related terms
Numeral
вельо (velʹo)
- synonym of велї (velji)
Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “вельо”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy