vy

See also: Vy, vy-, vý-, vy., vỹ, Vỹ, ви, вы, Вы, вы-, and вꙑ

English

Verb

vy (third-person singular simple present vies or vyes, present participle vying, simple past and past participle vied or vyed)

1. Obsolete form of vie.
   • 1698, John Milton, A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works, page 27:

     […] and by continual Study had so incorporated the Phrase and Stile of that Apostle into all his familiar Letters, that the Imitation seem'd to vy with the Original.

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• vyg (also standard, less common)

Etymology

Backformation from vye, plural of vyg, from Dutch vijg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fəi/, [fə̟i̯]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

vy (plural vye)

1. fig

Derived terms

• vyeboom
• vygie

Cornish

Etymology

From my.

Pronoun

vy

1. I, me, my (enclitic, used to reinforce previous pronoun)

   ow lyver vy

   my book

   Ple yth vy?

   Where did I go?

See also

Cornish personal pronouns

number	person		independent (subject)	suffixed			infixed	possessive (dependent)
				enclitic	emphatic	reduced
singular	first		my	vy	evy	ma, a	'm	owA
	second		ty	jy, sy1	tejy	ta, a	'thM	dhaS
	third2	m	ev	ev	eev	va, a	'n	yS
		f	hi	hi	hyhi	—	's	hyA
plural	first		ni	ni	nyni		'gan, 'n	agan, 'gan
	second3		hwi	hwi	hwyhwi		'gas, 's	agas, 'gas
	third		i	i	ynsi		's	agaA, 'gaA

¹ Uncommon.
² hun and ins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
³ Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.

^S Triggers soft mutation ^A Triggers aspirate mutation ^M Triggers mixed mutation

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vy, from Proto-Slavic *vy, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Pronoun

vy

1. you (personal second person plural)
2. you (formal second person singular)

Declension

Declension of vy (pl-only animate pronoun)

	plural
nominative	vy
genitive	vás
dative	vám
accusative	vás
vocative	—
locative	vás
instrumental	vámi

Derived terms

• vykat

Related terms

Czech personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		já	my
2nd person	familiar	ty	vy
	polite	vy
3rd person	m	on	oni1
	f	ona	ony
	n	ono	ona
reflexive		sebe, se (clitic)

¹ animate referents only, for inanimate ones ony is used.

Further reading

• “vy”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vy”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vy”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Alternative forms

• vue

Etymology

From French vue.

Noun

vy n (singular definite vyet, plural indefinite vyer)

1. view
2. outlook
3. vision

Declension

Declension of vy

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vy	vyet	vyer	vyerne
genitive	vys	vyets	vyers	vyernes

References

• “vy” in Den Danske Ordbog

Malagasy

Etymology

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

vy

1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

Mapudungun

Noun

vy (Raguileo spelling)

1. name

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Mbya Guarani

Verb

vy

1. to wake up, to get up

Conjugation

Conjugation of vy

singular			plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person inclusive	1st person exclusive	2nd person	3rd person
xee avy	ndee erevy	ha'e ovy	nhande javy	ore orovy	peẽ pevy	ha'e ovy

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French vue (“vision”).

Noun

vy m (definite singular vyen, indefinite plural vyer, definite plural vyene)

1. perspective, outlook, vision

   Han har store vyer om framtida. ― He has great visions for the future.

References

• “vy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “vy” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French vue (“vision”).

Noun

vy m (definite singular vyen, indefinite plural vyar, definite plural vyane)

1. perspective, outlook, vision

   Han har store vyar for framtida. ― He has great visions for the future.

References

• “vy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈʋɨ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈvi/

Pronoun

vy

1. you, ye (plural or dual, nominative)
2. you (plural or dual, accusative)

Declension

Old Czech personal pronouns

Singular	1st person	2nd person	3rd person			Reflexive
			m	f	n
Nominative	já(z)	ty	on	ona	ono	—
Genitive	mne, mě	tebe, tě	j(e)ho, ň(e)ho	jie, nie	j(e)ho, ň(e)ho	sebe, sě
Dative	mně, mi	tobě, ti	j(e)mu, ňemu	jí, ní, jiej, niej	j(e)mu, ňemu	sobě, si
Accusative	mě, mne	tě, tebe	jej, jen, ji, j(e)ho, -ň, ňej, ňen, ni, ň(e)ho	ju, ňu	je, ňe	sě, sebe
Locative	mně	tobě	ňem	ní, niej	ňem	sobě
Instrumental	mnú	tobú, tebú	jím, ním	jú, ňú	jím, ním	sobú, sebú
Possessive	mój	tvój	jeho	(je)jie	jeho	svój
Dual	1st person	2nd person	3rd person			Reflexive
			m	f	n
Nominative	vě, va (ma)	vy	ona	oně		—
Genitive	najú	vajú	jú, ňú			sebe, sě
Dative	náma	váma	jima, nima			sobě, si
Accusative	ny, najú	vy, vajú	jě, ně	ji, ni		sě, sebe
Locative	najú	vajú	ňú			sobě
Instrumental	náma	váma	jima, nima			sobú, sebú
Possessive	náš, najú	váš, vajú	(je)jú			svój
Plural	1st person	2nd person	3rd person			Reflexive
			m	f	n
Nominative	my	vy	oni	ony	ona	—
Genitive	nás	vás	jich, nich			sebe, sě
Dative	nám, nem	vám, vem	jim, nim			sobě, si
Accusative	ny, nás	vy, vás	jě, ně			sě, sebe
Locative	nás	vás	nich			sobě
Instrumental	námi	vámi	jimi, nimi			sobú, sebú
Possessive	náš	váš	(je)jich			svój

Descendants

• Czech: vy

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “vy”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi/, [ˈʋi]
• Rhymes: -i

Pronoun

vy

1. you

Declension

Declension of vy

	plurale tantum
nominative	vy
genitive	vás
dative	vám
accusative	vás
locative	vás
instrumental	vami

Related terms

Slovak personal pronouns

		substantive		possessive
		singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person		ja	my	môj	náš
2nd person	familiar	ty	vy	tvoj	váš
	polite	vy		váš
3rd person	m	on	oni* / ony	jeho	ich
	f	ona		jej
	n	ono		jeho
reflexive		seba, sa (clitic)		svoj

* masculine animate only, ony otherwise

Further reading

• “vy”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Swedish

Etymology

From French vue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vyː/

Noun

vy c

1. view

Declension

Declension of vy

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vy	vys
	definite	vyn	vyns
plural	indefinite	vyer	vyers
	definite	vyerna	vyernas

See also

• utsikt