вий

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See also: виј, вій, and вії

Bulgarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vij]
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Pronoun

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вий (vij) (personal)

  1. (regional, nonstandard or poetic) Alternative form of вие (vie) (the second-person plural pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb); you
    Вий двамата сте по-високи от мен.
    Vij dvamata ste po-visoki ot men.
    Both of you are taller than me.

Usage notes

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Вий and ний are used in the Eastern Bulgarian dialects and are not considered standard. They can also be found in poetry (see quotations) where the number of syllables is important and these pronouns are one syllable shorter than their corresponding standard forms.

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Mongolian

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Pronunciation

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Particle

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вий (vii)

  1. in case; lest; might
    хүмүүс сонсчих вий
    xümüüs sonsčix vii
    people might hear; in case people hear
    хортой байх вий
    xortoj bajx vii
    in case it's poisoned

Synonyms

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Russian

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Russian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Viy commands "open my eyelids, I can't see"

Etymology

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Borrowed from Ukrainian вій (vij).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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вий (vijm anim (genitive ви́я, nominative plural ви́и, genitive plural ви́ев)

  1. (mythology) "viy" (a creature with gigantic eyelids and eyelashes from hell who kills by looking at people)

Declension

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vyjь or *vъjь; see the verb *vyti. Cognate to Russian вой (voj), Macedonian виј (vij).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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вий (vyjm inan (genitive ви́я, nominative plural ви́ї, genitive plural ви́їв)

  1. howling
    Synonym: виття́ (vyttjá)

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