# вельми
## Erzya
### Verb

вельми • (veľmi)
* third-person singular present/future indicative of вельмемс (veľmems)

## Old Church Slavonic
### Alternative forms

* велми (velmi)
* вел҄ьми (velʹĭmi)
* ⰲⰵⰾⱐⰿⰻ (velĭmi) — Glagolitic

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velьmi. Cognates include Serbo-Croatian veoma, Slovak veľmi, Czech velmi, Belarusian вельмі (vjelʹmi), Ukrainian вельми (velʹmy) and Polish wielmi.

### Adverb

вельми • (velĭmi)
* very, very much
    Synonyms: мъногꙑ (mŭnogy), мъного (mŭnogo), ꙃѣло (dzělo), вьсьма (vĭsĭma), тврьдѣ (tvrĭdě)
* strongly, loudly
** from Похвала прѣдивьнаего пророка Илии by Clement of Ohrid:
    И рѫгаше сѧ имъ илиꙗ и рече· вельми оубо ꙁовѣте· еда бѫдѫтъ ꙁасъпали боꙃи ваши·I rǫgaše sę imŭ ilija i reče· velĭmi ubo zověte· eda bǫdǫtŭ zasŭpali bodzi vaši·Iliyah ridiculed them and said, precisely strongly call out, will your Gods really have fallen asleep?

#### Related terms

* велии (velii)
* великъ (velikŭ)
* вель- (velĭ-)

### References

* Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎, София

## Old East Slavic
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velьmi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋɛlɪˈmi/→/ʋʲɛlʲɪˈmʲi/→/ʋʲɛːlʲˈmʲi/
* (ca. 9th CE) IPA: /ʋɛlɪˈmi/
* (ca. 11th CE) IPA: /ʋʲɛlʲɪˈmʲi/
* (ca. 13th CE) IPA: /ʋʲɛːlʲˈmʲi/
* Hyphenation: ве‧ль‧ми

### Adverb

вельми (velĭmi)
* very, very much

#### Descendants

* Old Ruthenian: вельми (velʹmi), велми (velmi)
** Belarusian: ве́льмі (vjélʹmi)
** Carpathian Rusyn: ве́лми (vélmy)
** Ukrainian: ве́льмі (vélʹmi)
* Russian: (archaic) вельми́ (velʹmí)

### References

* Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “вельми, велми”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 240
* Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2014) “Drevnerusskoje udarenije. Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ”, in Languages of Slavic Culture‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 249

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velьmi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vʲɪlʲˈmʲi]

### Adverb

вельми́ • (velʹmí)
* (archaic) very, much, very much
    Synonyms: о́чень (óčenʹ), весьма́ (vesʹmá)

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish wielmi, from Proto-Slavic *velьmi. Replaced native Old East Slavic вельми (velĭmi), which would've produced **вільми (**vilʹmy).
Cognate with Belarusian ве́льмі (vjélʹmi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʋɛlʲme]
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

ве́льми • (vélʹmy)
* very, much, very much

### Further reading

* Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “ве́льми”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 348
* Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “ве́льми”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ве́льми”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “ве́льми”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN