wy

See also: WY, ŵy, -wy, wy-, and .wy

English

Alternative forms

• wye

Noun

wy (plural wyes)

1. The name of the letter Y.

Translations

name of the letter Y, y — see wye

Anagrams

• YW, yw

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəi/

Pronoun

wy

1. we

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vy, from Proto-Indo-European *wos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɨ/

Pronoun

wy pl

1. you (plural and formal)

Declension

Declension of the second-person pronouns

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ty	wej	wy
Genitive	śi tebje¹	waju	was
Dative	śi tebje¹	wama	wam
Accusative	śi tebje¹	waju	was
Instrumental	tobu	wama	wami
Locative	tebje	wama	was
Possessive determiner	twój	waju	waš

¹ Both śi and tebje are used when no preposition precedes, but after a preposition only tebje is used.

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vy, from Proto-Indo-European *wos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɨ/

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Pronoun

wy

1. you (second person plural, familiar or to younger people)

Declension

declension of wy

	plural
nominative	wy
genitive	was
dative	wam
accusative	was
instrumental	wami
locative	was
vocative	wy

See also

• Appendix:Polish pronouns

Further reading

• wy in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vy, from Proto-Indo-European *wos

Pronoun

wy

1. you (second-person plural)

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh wy, from Old Welsh ui, from Proto-Celtic *āwyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /uːɨ̯/
• (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʊi̯/
  • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈwiː/

Noun

wy m (plural wyau)

1. egg

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
wy	unchanged	unchanged	hwy
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms

• gwyn wy
• melyn wy
• wy Pasg

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wī, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy-, plural of *éǵh₂. Compare English we, Low German wi, Dutch wij, German wir, Danish vi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛɪ/

Pronoun

wy

1. we