# веер
## Belarusian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ве́ер (véjer).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvʲejer]

### Noun

ве́ер • (vjéjer) m inan (genitive ве́ера, nominative plural ве́еры, genitive plural ве́ераў)
* fan (a hand-held device that is waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself)
    Synonym: вахля́р (vaxljár)
** 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 278:Місіс Ск'ютон спачывала на софе, а Эдзіт моўчкі сядзела воддаль, каля арфы. Маці, забаўляючыся веерам, тайком паглядала на дачку, але дачка панура задумалася, апусціўшы вочы, і перашкаджаць ёй было не варта.Misis Skʺjutón spačyvala na sófje, a Edzit móŭčki sjadzjela vóddalʹ, kalja arfy. Maci, zabaŭljajučysja vjejeram, tajkóm pahljadala na dačku, alje dačka panura zadumalasja, apusciŭšy vóčy, i pjeraškadžacʹ joj byló nje varta.[original: Mrs. Skewton reposed on her sofa, and Edith sat apart, by her harp, in silence. The mother, trifling with her fan, looked stealthily at the daughter more than once, but the daughter, brooding gloomily with downcast eyes, was not to be disturbed.]

#### Declension

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

### References

* Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “веер”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
* “веер”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
* “веер” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Russian
### Etymology

According to Chernykh, from Dutch waaier in the early 18th century (revocalized under the influence of веять (vejatʹ)), from waaien (“to blow”), from Middle Dutch wâyen, from Old Dutch *wāien, from Proto-West Germanic *wāan, from Proto-Germanic *wēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (which is also the source of веять).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvʲe(j)ɪr]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ве́ер • (véjer) m inan (genitive ве́ера, nominative plural веера́, genitive plural вееро́в, relational adjective ве́ерный, diminutive вееро́к)
* hand-held fan

#### Declension

$^△$Irregular.

#### Derived terms

* веерообра́зный (vejeroobráznyj)
Compounds:
* From веерный (vejernyj):
** ве́ерное отключе́ние n (véjernoje otključénije) (several times more common in plural: ве́ерные отключе́ния n pl (véjernyje otključénija))

##### Phrases

* па́льцы ве́ером (pálʹcy véjerom)

#### Related terms
##### Native

* ве́тер m (véter)
* ве́ять impf (véjatʹ)

##### Borrowed

* атле́т m anim (atlét)
* ва́нна f (vánna)
* ве́нтиль m (véntilʹ)
* вентиля́тор m (ventiljátor)
* нирва́на f (nirvána)

### Further reading

* Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “веер”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
** See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “веять”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.