вечна

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian вѣчно (věčno).^[1] By surface analysis, ве́чны (vjéčny) +‎ -а (-a). Cognate with Ukrainian ві́чно (víčno).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvʲet͡ʂna]
Rhymes: -et͡ʂna
Hyphenation: ве‧чна, веч‧на

Adverb

ве́чна • (vjéčna) (no comparative)

always, eternally, perpetually
Synonyms: заўсёды (zaŭsjódy), заўжды́ (zaŭždý)
(figuratively) constantly, all the time
Synonyms: пастая́нна (pastajánna), уве́сь час (uvjésʹ čas)
forever, for eternity
Synonyms: наве́чна (navjéčna), наве́к (navjék), наве́кі (navjéki), назаўсёды (nazaŭsjódy), назаўжды́ (nazaŭždý)

References

^ Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “вечне, вечно”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 3 (вариво – вкупе), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 163

Further reading

“вечна” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
"вечна" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum

Russian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvʲet͡ɕnə]

Adjective

ве́чна • (véčna)

short feminine singular of ве́чный (véčnyj)