вий

See also: виј, вій, and вії

Bulgarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [viː]

Pronoun

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

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.

Quotations
Bulgarian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject)		 Accusative
(direct complement)		 Dative
(indirect complement)		 Prepositional
Full Short Full Short
SingularFirst— аз (az) мен (men)
ме́не (méne)		 ме (me) ме́не (méne) ми (mi) мен (men)
ме́не (méne)
SecondInformal ти (ti) теб (teb)
те́бе (tébe)		 те (te) те́бе (tébe) ти (ti) теб (teb)
те́бе (tébe)
Formal Ви́е (Víe) Вас (Vas) Ви (Vi) Вам (Vam) Ви (Vi) Вас (Vas)
ThirdMasculine той (toj) не́го (négo) го (go) не́му (nému) му (mu) не́го (négo)
Feminine тя (tja) не́я (néja) я (ja) ней (nej) ѝ (ì) не́я (néja)
Neuter то (to) не́го (négo) го (go) не́му (nému) му (mu) не́го (négo)
PluralFirst— ни́е (níe)
ний (nij)		 нас (nas) ни (ni) нам (nam) ни (ni) нас (nas)
SecondInformal ви́е (víe)
вий (vij)		 вас (vas) ви (vi) вам (vam) ви (vi) вас (vas)
Formal Ви́е (Víe) Вас (Vas) Ви (Vi) Вам (Vam) Ви (Vi) Вас (Vas)
Third— те (te) тях (tjah) ги (gi) тям (tjam) им (im) тях (tjah)

Russian
Viy commands "open my eyelids, I can't see"

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian вій (vij).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vʲij]

Noun

вий • (vij) m 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
Declension of вий (anim masc-form i-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ви́й
víj		 ви́и
víi
genitive ви́я
víja		 ви́ев
víjev
dative ви́ю
víju		 ви́ям
víjam
accusative ви́я
víja		 ви́ев
víjev
instrumental ви́ем
víjem		 ви́ями
víjami
prepositional ви́и
víi		 ви́ях
víjax

Ukrainian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʋɪi̯]

Noun

вий • (vyj) m inan (genitive ви́я, nominative plural ви́ї, genitive plural ви́їв)

  1. howling
    Synonym: виття́ (vyttjá)

Declension
Declension of вий (inan sg-only j-stem masc-form accent-a)
singular
nominative вий
vyj
genitive ви́ю
výju
dative ви́ю, ви́єві
výju, výjevi
accusative вий
vyj
instrumental ви́єм
výjem
locative ви́ю, ви́ї
výju, výji
vocative ви́ю
výju

Further reading
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