# век
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* viek — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

From Old Belarusian вѣкъ (věk), from Old East Slavic вѣкъ (věkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vʲek]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

век • (vjek) m inan (genitive ве́ку, nominative plural вякі́, genitive plural вяко́ў)
* century (period of 100 years)
    Synonym: (more common) стаго́ддзе (stahóddzje)
* lifetime, time of existence
    на сваі́м вяку́ ― na svaím vjakú ― during one's lifetime
* epoch, age
    касмі́чны век ― kasmíčny vjek ― Space Age

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### Adverb

век • (vjek)
* forever, always
    век цябе́ не забу́ду ― vjek cjabjé nje zabúdu ― I will never forget you

### References

* “век” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
* Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “век”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 81

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic вѣкъ (věkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vɛk]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛk

### Noun

век • (vek) m
* century (100 years)
    Synonym: столетие (stoletie)
* age, epoch, era (particular period of time in history)
    Synonyms: епоха (epoha), ера (era)

#### Related terms

* вечност (večnost)
* вечен (večen)

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vɛk]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛk

### Noun

век • (vek) m (plural векови, relational adjective вечен or вековит)
* century
    Synonym: столетие (stoletie)
* age (historical period)
* lifetime, lifespan
* duration

#### See also

* вечен (večen)
* вечност (večnost)

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vʲek]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic вѣкъ (věkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

#### Alternative forms

* вѣкъ (věk) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

#### Noun

век • (vek) m inan (genitive ве́ка, nominative plural века́, genitive plural веко́в, relational adjective веково́й)
* century
    Synonym: столе́тие (stolétije)
    XXI век, 21 век, два́дцать пе́рвый век ― XXI vek, 21 vek, dvádcatʹ pérvyj vek ― 21st century
* lifetime
    Synonym: жизнь (žiznʹ)
* age, epoch, era, period
    Synonyms: пери́од (períod), э́ра (éra), эпо́ха (epóxa)
* (geology) age
    Synonym: геологи́ческий век (geologíčeskij vek)

##### Usage notes

* A locative form веку́ (vekú) is found in the expression на своём веку́ (na svojóm vekú, “in one's lifetime”) but not otherwise used; compare в девятна́дцатом ве́ке (v devjatnádcatom véke, “in the 19th century”).
* A partitive form ве́ку (véku) is found in the expression приба́вить ве́ку (pribávitʹ véku, “to extend (someone's) life”, literally “to add a lifetime”).
* An alternative plural ве́ки (véki) is found in the following expressions:
** в кóи-то ве́ки (v kói-to véki, “very rarely, once in a very long time; finally”, literally “into some centuries”)
** во ве́ки веко́в (vo véki vekóv, “forever and ever”, literally “into the ages of ages”)
** на ве́ки ве́чные (na véki véčnyje, “forever”, literally “onto the eternal ages”)
** прожи́ть а́редовы ве́ки (prožítʹ áredovy véki, “to live a long life”, literally “to live an old curmudgeon's lifetimes”)

##### Declension

$^△$Irregular. $^*$Found in some expressions.

##### Related terms

* веково́й (vekovój), многовеково́й (mnogovekovój)
* векову́ха (vekovúxa)
* ве́чность (véčnostʹ)
* ве́чный (véčnyj)
* уве́чить (uvéčitʹ)

##### See also

* столе́тие n (stolétije)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

век • (vek) n inan pl
* genitive plural of ве́ко (véko)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* вије̑к (Ijekavian)
* ви̑к (Ikavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

### Noun

ве̑к m (Latin spelling vȇk)
* century (100 years)
* a long period of time, especially historical; an era
* lifetime

#### Derived terms

* ве̏чан