Вілейка

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• Вяле́йка (Vjaljéjka) — Taraškievica orthography

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vʲiˈlʲejka]

Proper noun

Віле́йка • (Viljéjka) f inan (genitive Віле́йкі, uncountable, relational adjective віле́йскі)

1. Vileyka (a city in Minsk Oblast, Belarus)
2. (historical) Naujoji Vilnia (town in the past and an eldership of Vilnius now, which houses a psychiatric hospital); used euphemistically to mean a psychiatric hospital

   ці ты дурны́, ці ты з Віле́йкі? ― ci ty durný, ci ty z Viljéjki? ― are you stupid, or are you crazy? (literally, “are you stupid, or are you from [the] Naujoji Vilnia [facility]?”)

Declension

Declension of Віле́йка (inan sg-only velar fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	Віле́йка Viljéjka
genitive	Віле́йкі Viljéjki
dative	Віле́йцы Viljéjcy
accusative	Віле́йку Viljéjku
instrumental	Віле́йкай, Віле́йкаю Viljéjkaj, Viljéjkaju
locative	Віле́йцы Viljéjcy

References

• “Вілейка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• Askana Yarashonak, Чаму Маладзечна жыве вечна, а ў Валожыне ўсё як паложана. Рэгіянальная газета, 12 of July, 2020. [1]