See also: вы, Вы, and вы-

Old Church Slavonic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *vy.

Pronoun

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вꙑ (vy)

  1. you (plural)

Declension

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Old Church Slavonic personal pronouns
nominative accusative genitive locative dative instrumental possessive
singular 1st person азъ (azŭ) мѧ () мене (mene) мьнѣ (mĭně) мьнѣ, ми (mĭně, mi) мъноѭ (mŭnojǫ) мои (moi)
2nd person тꙑ (ty) тѧ () тебе (tebe) тебѣ (tebě) тебѣ, ти (tebě, ti) тобоѭ (tobojǫ) твои (tvoi)
dual 1st person вѣ () на (na) наю (naju) наю (naju) нама, на (nama, na) нама (nama) нашь (našĭ)
2nd person ва (va) ва (va) ваю (vaju) ваю (vaju) вама, ва (vama, va) вама (vama) вашь (vašĭ)
plural 1st person мꙑ (my) нꙑ (ny) насъ (nasŭ) насъ (nasŭ) намъ, нꙑ (namŭ, ny) нами (nami) нашь (našĭ)
2nd person вꙑ (vy) вꙑ (vy) васъ (vasŭ) васъ (vasŭ) вамъ, вꙑ (vamŭ, vy) вами (vami) вашь (vašĭ)
reflexive сѧ () себе (sebe) себѣ (sebě) себѣ, си (sebě, si) собоѭ (sobojǫ) свои (svoi)

Old East Slavic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *vy, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wōns (from earlier *wōs), the accusative case of the personal pronoun *jūˀs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋɯ//ʋɯ//ʋɯ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɯ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɯ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɯ/

Pronoun

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вꙑ (vy)

  1. you; second person dual and plural pronoun

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Old Ruthenian: вы (vy)
    • Belarusian: вы (vy)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: вы ()
    • Ukrainian: ви (vy)
  • Russian: вы (vy)

References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вы”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress