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Webster 1913 Edition

Vena

‖

Ve′na

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Venae
(#)
.
[L. See
Vein
.]
A vein.
Vena cava
;
pl.
Venae cavae
.
[L., literally, hollow vein.]
(Anat.)
Any one of the great systemic veins connected directly with the heart.
–
Vena contracta
.
[L., literally, contracted vein.]
(Hydraulics)
The contracted portion of a liquid jet at and near the orifice from which it issues.
–
Vena portae
;
pl.
Venae portae
.
[L., literally, vein of the entrance.]
(Anat.)
The portal vein of the liver. See under
Portal
.

Definition 2024

Vēna

Vēna

See also: vena, véna, Véna, veña, vēna, venă, Ven’a, and vēnā

Livonian

Proper noun

Vēna

  1. River Daugava (the largest river in Latvia)

Declension

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tieteessatapahtuu.fi/013/kesk.htm (in Finnish)

vēna

vēna

See also: vena, véna, Véna, veña, Vēna, venă, Ven’a, and vēnā

Latvian

Noun

vēna f (4th declension)

  1. (anatomy) vein (a blood vessel that transports deoxygenated blood back to the heart)
    vēnu iekaisums‎ ― inflammation of the veins
    vēnu vārstuļi‎ ― vein valves
    vēnu operācija‎ ― vein surgery
    ievadīt vēnā glikozi‎ ― to inject glucose into a vein

Declension

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Etymology

Compare Finnish Väinäjoki, Estonian Väina jõgi.

In Estonian väin (archaic form is väinas) means (sea) strait; In Livonian vēna also means a wide estuary or a port. An Indo-European loan word via Proto-Balto-Slavic. Proto-Slavic *dveinā < Proto-Indo-European *dhweinā (compare Dviná, Russian name for Daugava). Indo-European *dhew- means "to run, to flow"; *dhew-e-ti "(it) flows, runs"; compare Sanskrit धावति ‎(dhāvati, “run, flow, move”). There's speculated connection with Icelandic dvína "to diminish" (i.e. in this connection as "diminishing, dwindling river"), but maybe it just comes from the abovementioned Indo-European root.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veːnɑ/

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