вий
See also: виј, вій, and вії
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [viː]
Pronoun
вий • (vij) (personal)
- (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
- 1872-73, Hristo Botev, “In the Tavern”, Nezavisimost (newspaper):
- […] а вий... вий сте идиоти!
- a vij... vij ste idioti!
- and you... you are idiots!
- […]
- 1872-73, Hristo Botev, “In the Tavern”, Nezavisimost (newspaper):
Related terms
Bulgarian personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) | Accusative (direct complement) | Dative (indirect complement) | Prepositional | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Short | Full | Short | |||||
| Singular | First | — | аз (az) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) | ме (me) | ме́не (méne) | ми (mi) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) |
| Second | Informal | 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) | ||
| Third | Masculine | 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) | ||
| Plural | First | — | ни́е (níe) ний (nij) | нас (nas) | ни (ni) | нам (nam) | ни (ni) | нас (nas) |
| Second | Informal | 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)
- (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. 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)
- 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 |
Related terms
- ви́ти (výty)
- виття́ (vyttjá)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вий”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “вий”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “вий”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “вий”, in Словник.ua [Slovnik.ua] (in Ukrainian)