See also: виј, вий, and вії

Ukrainian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Possibly related to ві́я (víja, eyelash).

Noun

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

вій (vijm pers (genitive ві́я, nominative plural ві́ї, genitive plural ві́їв)

  1. (Ukrainian mythology) "viy" (a creature with gigantic eyelids and eyelashes from hell who kills by looking at people)
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Russian: вий (vij)

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Slavic *vьjь, *vijь (bundle of twigs), from Proto-Indo-European *weyǵh- (to twist, weave).

Noun

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вій (vijm inan (genitive воя́, nominative plural вої́, genitive plural вої́в)

  1. a handful of firewood
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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вій (vijf inan

  1. genitive plural of ві́я (víja)

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