veja

== Albanian == === Noun === veja definite nominative singular of ve == Galician == === Verb === veja (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ver: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Lithuanian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wējā. Compare vėjas (“wind”), in the sense "swept area," "cleaned space." Related to Latvian veļa (“lawn”). === Noun === vejà f (plural vẽjos) stress pattern 4 lawn ==== Declension ==== === References === Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 86-87 == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese veja. Compare Galician vexa. ==== Alternative forms ==== vêja (pre-reform spelling) ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -eʒɐ Hyphenation: ve‧ja ==== Verb ==== veja inflection of ver: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Etymology 2 === Probably a borrowing from Old Tupi, compare bijá, pijá (“kind of fish”). ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -eʒɐ Hyphenation: ve‧ja ==== Noun ==== veja f (plural vejas) Mediterranean parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense, a fish of the Atlantic Ocean) Synonym: peixe-papagaio === Further reading === “veja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Slovene == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věja, whence also Old Church Slavonic вѣꙗ (věja, “branch”). Further cognates include Bulgarian вейка (vejka) and ветва (vetva), Russian ветвь (vetvʹ), Slovak vetva. Non-Slavic cognates include Sanskrit वया (vayā́, “branch, twig”) (from Proto-Indo-European *woh₁y-éh₂ (“branch, twig”)), Latin vītis (“vine”), German Weide (“willow”), Old Prussian witwan (“willow”), Persian بید (bid, “willow”). First attested in the 16th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋɛ́ːja/ === Noun === vȇja f branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “veja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran “veja”, in Termania, Amebis See also the general references == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbexa/ [ˈbe.xa] Rhymes: -exa Syllabification: ve‧ja === Verb === veja inflection of vejar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative