wy

See also: WY and ŵy

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): /wəi/

Pronoun

wy

1. we

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɨ]

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 pl familiar or to younger people)

Declension

    declension of wy

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

See also

• Appendix:Polish pronouns

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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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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