"veļi" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latvian]

Etymology: From Proto-Baltic *welias, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“tear; pluck; rob; hurt; kill”). Cognates include Lithuanian vẽlės, vė̃lės (singular vėlė̃, velė̃; compare also veliónis (“dead”)), Proto-Germanic *walaz (“dead”) (Old Norse valr (“fallen in the battlefield”), Valhǫll (“abode of fallen warriors”), valkyrja (“Valkyrie”) (i.e., those who led the dead warriors to Odin), Old High German wal (“battlefield”)), Tocharian A wäl (“to die”), walu (“dead one”). Etymology templates: {{uder|lv|bat-pro|*welias}} Proto-Baltic *welias, {{uder|lv|ine-pro|*welh₃-||tear; pluck; rob; hurt; kill}} Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“tear; pluck; rob; hurt; kill”), {{cog|lt|vẽlės}} Lithuanian vẽlės, {{m|lt|vėlės|vė̃lės}} vė̃lės, {{m|lt|vėlė̃}} vėlė̃, {{m|lt|velė̃}} velė̃, {{m|lt|veliónis||dead}} veliónis (“dead”), {{m|gem-pro|*walaz||dead}} *walaz (“dead”), {{cog|non|valr||fallen in the battlefield}} Old Norse valr (“fallen in the battlefield”), {{m|non|Valhǫll||abode of fallen warriors}} Valhǫll (“abode of fallen warriors”), {{m|non|valkyrja||Valkyrie}} valkyrja (“Valkyrie”), {{cog|goh|wal||battlefield}} Old High German wal (“battlefield”), {{cog|xto|wäl||to die}} Tocharian A wäl (“to die”), {{m|xto|walu||dead one}} walu (“dead one”) Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} veļi m, {{lv-noun|m|2nd}} veļi m (2nd declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|ve|is|2nd|no-sg|l|ļ|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-2|ve|is|4=no-sg|5=l|6=ļ|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|-|veļi|-|veļus|-|veļu|-|veļiem|-|veļiem|-|veļos|-|veļi|type=2nd declension|x=-60}} Forms: declension-2 [table-tags], - [nominative, singular], veļi [nominative, plural], - [accusative, singular], veļus [accusative, plural], - [genitive, singular], veļu [genitive, plural], - [dative, singular], veļiem [dative, plural], - [instrumental, singular], veļiem [instrumental, plural], - [locative, singular], veļos [locative, plural], - [singular, vocative], veļi [plural, vocative]
  1. (mythology, poetic, usually in the plural) soul of the dead; ghost Tags: declension-2, masculine, plural-normally, poetic Categories (topical): Mythology Derived forms: veļu māte, veļu mēnesis Related terms: velns
    Sense id: en-veļi-lv-noun-vEr6d0eg Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian pluralia tantum, Latvian undefined derivations, Lithuanian links with redundant target parameters Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "text": "veļu valstība, valsts",
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        "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Baltic",
        "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latvian terms with usage examples",
        "Latvian undefined derivations",
        "Lithuanian links with redundant target parameters",
        "lv:Mythology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the realm of the dead",
          "text": "veļu valstība, valsts",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "cult of the dead",
          "text": "veļu kults",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "veļu laiks ― time of the dead (time in October when the dead return to visit their descendants)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to go to the dead (i.e., to die)",
          "text": "aiziet veļos",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "soul of the dead; ghost"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ],
        [
          "dead",
          "dead"
        ],
        [
          "ghost",
          "ghost"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mythology, poetic, usually in the plural) soul of the dead; ghost"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine",
        "plural-normally",
        "poetic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "veļi"
}

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