different between veda vs spirit

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?v?.d?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?b?.d?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ve.da/

Verb

veda

1. third-person singular present indicative form of vedar
2. second-person singular imperative form of vedar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?da]
• Rhymes: -?da
• Hyphenation: ve?da

Verb

veda

1. present masculine singular transgressive of vést

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ve.da/
• Hyphenation: ve?da
• Rhymes: -eda

Verb

veda

1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of vedere
2. third-person singular imperative of vedere

Anagrams

• deva

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

veda m (definite singular vedaen, indefinite plural vedaer or vedaar, definite plural vedaene or vedaane)

1. (Hinduism) Veda

Pali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??? (veda).

Alternative forms

Noun

veda ?

1. knowledge

Descendants

• ? Burmese: ??? (beda.)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ve?da

Verb

veda

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of vedar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of vedar

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?è?ða]

Verb

veda (preterite singular visste, supine vedað)

1. to know

Conjugation

Slovak

Etymology

From the stem ved- (“know”), i.e., veda is a literal translation of the Latin scientia (“knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?veda]

Noun

veda f (genitive singular vedy, nominative plural vedy, genitive plural vied, declension pattern of žena)

1. a system of knowledge of the laws of objective reality derived from a theoretical exploratory activity, science
2. a specific scientific discipline

Usage notes

While in English the word science is often seen as meaning only the hard sciences, such as physics, chemistry, biology, in Slovak the word veda covers all scholarly disciplines, including the various social sciences that are sometimes referred to as arts in English.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• veda in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?beda/, [?be.ð?a]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

veda f (plural vedas)

1. prohibition, ban
2. (hunting) closed season

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

veda

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of vedar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of vedar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of vedar.

Further reading

• “veda” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (wad??).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???da?/

Noun

veda (definite accusative veday?, plural vedalar)

1. farewell, goodbye

Declension

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veedäk, from Proto-Uralic *wixe-.

Verb

veda

1. to take, lead
2. to drive (vehicle)
3. to take away, carry away
4. to carry, bring
5. to transport
6. to export

Inflection

Derived terms

• vei

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “???????, ?????, ???????, ????????, ???????, ???????, ????????, ??????????, ????????, ???????, ???????, ???????, ??????????????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vaða.

Verb

veda

1. to wade

Related terms

• vädi
• vadd

Etymology 2

Verb

veda

1. Alternative form of vea

English

Etymology

From Middle English spirit, from Old French espirit (“spirit”), from Latin sp?ritus (“breath; spirit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin sp?r? (“I breathe, blow, respire”). Displaced native Middle English gast (“spirit”) (from Old English g?st (“spirit, ghost”)), whence modern English ghost. Doublet of sprite.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sp???t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?spi??t/, /?sp???t/
• Rhymes: -???t
• Hyphenation: spir?it

Noun

spirit (countable and uncountable, plural spirits)

1. The soul of a person or other creature. What moves through experience into self-definition as souls purpose.
3. A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.

   A wandering spirit haunts the island.

   • 1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education

     Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all impressions and notions of spirits and goblins […] in the dark.
4. Enthusiasm.

5. The manner or style of something.
6. (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
7. Energy; ardour.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church History of Britain

     "Write it then, quickly," replied Bede; and summoning all his spirits together, like the last blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and expired.

8. One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.

   a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit

   • 1697, John Dryden, Aeneid

     Such spirits as he desired to please, such would I choose for my judges.

9. Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in the plural.

   to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be down-hearted, or in bad spirits

   • 1667, Robert South, Sermon VII

     God has […] made a spirit of building succeed a spirit of pulling down.

10. (obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
11. (obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.
    • 1640, Ben Jonson, The English Grammar

      Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use of it.

12. Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.

    the spirit of an enterprise, or of a document

13. (alchemy, obsolete) Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).

    • the foure spirites and the bodyes seven

14. (dyeing) Stannic chloride.

Derived terms

Pages starting with “spirit”.

Translations

See also

• ghost
• soul

Verb

spirit (third-person singular simple present spirits, present participle spiriting, simple past and past participle spirited)

1. To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
   • 1835, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Pencillings by the Way:

     I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of felicity.

2. Sometimes followed by up: to animate with vigour; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit.

Derived terms

• spirit away
• spirit off

Anagrams

• Tripis, pitris

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch spirit, from English spirit, from Middle English spirit, from Old French espirit (“spirit”), from Latin sp?ritus (“breath; spirit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Doublet of spiritus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?spir?t??]
• Hyphenation: spi?rit

Noun

spirit (plural spirit-spirit, first-person possessive spiritku, second-person possessive spiritmu, third-person possessive spiritnya)

1. spirit:
   1. the soul of a person or other creature. What moves through experience into self-definition as souls purpose.

      Synonyms: arwah, atma, jiwa, hidup, kehidupan, nyawa, roh, sukma

   2. a supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.

      Synonyms: arwah, roh

   3. (figuratively) enthusiasm, energy; ardour.

      Synonyms: roh, semangat, spirit

Related terms

Further reading

• “spirit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spiritus. Compare also spiridu?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spirit/

Noun

spirit n (plural spirite)

1. spirit, ghost
2. essence, psyche
3. wit, genius
4. manner, style

Declension

Synonyms

• (spirit, ghost): duh

Related terms

• spiridu?

See also

• n?luc?, stafie, spectru, apari?ie, fantom?

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English spirit

Noun

spirit

1. spirit (physical form of God)