уві

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʊˈʋʲi]
• Hyphenation: уві

Preposition

уві́ • (uví)

1. Alternative form of вві (vvi).
   • 2019, Zhadan i Sobaky (lyrics and music), “Марат [Marat]”, in Мадонна [Madonna]‎^[1], track 9:

     Мара́т поме́р уві́ сні
     На поча́тку бе́резня, навесні́
     

     Marát pomér uví sni
     Na počátku béreznja, navesní
     

     Marat died in his sleep
     At the beginning of March, in the spring

Usage notes

• The forms уві (uvi) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and вві (vvi) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “уві”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “уві”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)