See also: виј, вій, and вії

BulgarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

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 notesEdit

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.

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RussianEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Ukrainian вій (vij).

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NounEdit

вий (vijm 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)

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UkrainianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

вий (vyjm inan (genitive ви́я, nominative plural ви́ї, genitive plural ви́їв)

  1. howling
    Synonym: виття́ (vyttjá)

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