въ

See also: вѣ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

PIE word
*h₁en

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n). Cognate with English in, Latin in and Ancient Greek ἐν (en).

Preposition

въ • (vŭ)

1. in, into

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Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• у (u), и (i)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic въ (vŭ) and Old Polish w.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ʋ/
• Hyphenation: въ

Preposition

въ (vŭ) (pre-cluster form во)

1. (+ locative) in, at
2. (+ accusative) into

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: въ (v)
  • Belarusian: у (u), ў (ŭ)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: в (v), у (u)
  • Ukrainian: у (u), в (v)
• Russian: в (v)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “въ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 323

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Russian

Pronunciation

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Preposition

въ • (v)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of в (v).