вес

Etymology
From. Akin to 🇨🇬 (of Latin origin) and further to archaic 🇨🇬 (found in Gatwick, Reykjavík, etc.). Possibly also related to the ethnonym, which is the origin of 🇨🇬,.

Noun

 * 1)  hamlet small settlement, camp

Usage notes
Used until the Ottoman conquest to denote temporary or isolated settlements that lacked the infrastructure to be qualified as full-fledged villages. After the Ottoman conquest, such settlements became known as - a term used as an administrative unit until the 1980's.

Noun

 * 1)  raven
 * 2)  crow

Etymology 1
. Related to and. For the semantic shift compare and.

Noun

 * 1) weight
 * 2) influence, authority, importance

Usage notes

 * The Russian equivalent of "weightless" is either без ве́са or без ве́су.

Noun

 * 1) hanging position, suspended position, balanced position; mostly in the expression