вуй

See also: вуи

Eastern Mari

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mari *wuj, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa.

Noun

вуй • (vuj)

1. head

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vuj]

Noun

вуй • (vuj) m anim (genitive ву́я, nominative plural ву́и, genitive plural ву́ев)

1. Alternative form of уй (uj)

Declension

Declension of вуй (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ву́й vúj	ву́и vúi
genitive	ву́я vúja	ву́ев vújev
dative	ву́ю vúju	ву́ям vújam
accusative	ву́я vúja	ву́ев vújev
instrumental	ву́ем vújem	ву́ями vújami
prepositional	ву́е vúje	ву́ях vújax

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Ukrainian уй (uj), from Proto-Slavic *ujь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wui̯]

Noun

вуй • (vuj) m pers (genitive ву́я, nominative plural ву́ї, genitive plural ву́їв) (dialectal)

1. maternal uncle

   Coordinate term: стрий (stryj)

2. gaffer (an older man)

Declension

Declension of вуй (pers j-stem masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	вуй vuj	ву́ї vúji
genitive	ву́я vúja	ву́їв vújiv
dative	ву́ю, ву́єві vúju, vújevi	ву́ям vújam
accusative	ву́я vúja	ву́їв vújiv
instrumental	ву́єм vújem	ву́ями vújamy
locative	ву́ю, ву́єві, ву́ї vúju, vújevi, vúji	ву́ях vújax
vocative	ву́ю vúju	ву́ї vúji

Derived terms

• ву́йко (vújko)
• ву́йна (vújna)

Further reading

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “вуй”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вуй”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “вуй”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN

Western Mari

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mari *wuj, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa.

Noun

вуй • (vuj)

1. head