# вечер
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛt͡ʃɛr]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ве́чер • (véčer) f or m (relational adjective вече́рен)
* evening, eve, eventide

#### Usage notes

* Declension as a masculine noun is archaic.

#### Derived terms

* вчера (včera, “yesterday”)
* довечера (dovečera, “tonight, this evening”)
* привечер (privečer, “dusk”)
* вечеря (večerja, “dinner”)
** вечерям (večerjam, “to dine”)
* вечерня (večernja, “evening event”)
* навечерие (navečerie, “almost eve”)
* вечерница (večernica, “Evening star (Venus)”)
* свечерявам (svečerjavam, “to become evening, to dusk”)

### Adverb

ве́чер • (véčer) (not comparable)
* in the evening

### References

* “вечер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вечер”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 139
* “вечер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

### Anagrams

* речев (rečev)

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛt͡ʃɛr]

### Noun

вечер • (večer) f (relational adjective вечерен)
* evening

#### See also

* зора (zora)
* утро (utro)
* претпладне (pretpladne)
* пладне (pladne)
* попладне (popladne)
* вечер (večer)
* ноќ (noḱ)
* полноќ (polnoḱ)

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* ве́черъ (véčer) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

* PIE word
* *wek(ʷ)speros
From Old East Slavic вечеръ (večerŭ), from Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos), Latin vesper, Old Armenian գիշեր (gišer).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvʲet͡ɕɪr]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ве́чер • (véčer) m inan (genitive ве́чера, nominative plural вечера́, genitive plural вечеро́в, relational adjective вече́рний, diminutive вечеро́к)
* evening (after 8 PM)
** 1956, “Подмосковные вечера [Podmoskovnyje večera, Moscow Suburban Evenings]”, Mikhail Matusovsky (lyrics), Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (music)‎performed by Vladimir Troshin:Если б знали вы, как мне дороги Подмосковные вечера.Jesli b znali vy, kak mne dorogi Podmoskovnyje večera.If ye would know, how dear [they are] to me The Moscow suburban evenings.
* tonight, this evening
    Ве́чер обеща́ет быть прия́тным. ― Véčer obeščájet bytʹ prijátnym. ― Tonight is going to be a pleasant night.
* (formal) party, social gathering, soiree

#### Declension

$^△$Irregular.

#### Related terms
##### Adverbs

* ве́чером (véčerom)
* вечо́р (večór)

##### Adjectives

* вече́рний (večérnij)

##### Nouns

* вечери́нка (večerínka)
* вече́рня (večérnja)
* ве́черя (véčerja)

##### Verbs

* вечере́ть (večerétʹ)
* вече́рять (večérjatʹ)

#### Descendants

* → Yakut: биэчэр (biecer, “evening (event)”)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* ве̏че̄

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *večerъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wékeras, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋêt͡ʃeːr/
* Hyphenation: ве‧чер

### Noun

ве̏че̄р f (Latin spelling vȅčēr)
* evening

#### Declension
### References

* “вечер”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʋeˈt͡ʃɛr]
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### Noun

вече́р • (večér) f inan pl
* genitive plural of вече́ря (večérja)