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vy

See also: Vy, vy-, vý-, vy., ви, вы, Вы, вы-, and вꙑ

English

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Verb

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vy (third-person singular simple present vies or vyes, present participle vying, simple past and past participle vied or vyed)

  1. Obsolete form of vie.
    • 1698, John Milton, A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works, page 27:
      […] and by continual Study had so incorporated the Phrase and Stile of that Apostle into all his familiar Letters, that the Imitation seem'd to vy with the Original.

Afrikaans

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Alternative forms

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  • vyg (also standard, less common)

Etymology

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Backformation from vye, plural of vyg, from Dutch vijg.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fəi/, [fə̟i̯]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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vy (plural vye)

  1. fig

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Cornish

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Pronoun

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vy

  1. I, me

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech vy, from Proto-Slavic *vy, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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vy

  1. you (personal second person plural)
  2. you (formal second person singular)

Declension

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Declension of vy (pl-only animate pronoun)
plural
nominative vy
genitive vás
dative vám
accusative vás
vocative —
locative vás
instrumental vámi

Derived terms

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Czech personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person já my
2nd person familiar ty vy
polite vy
3rd person m on oni*
f ona ony
n ono ona
reflexive sebe, se (clitic)
* animate referents only, for inanimate ones ony is used.

Further reading

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  • “vy”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • “vy”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “vy”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Malagasy

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Etymology

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From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

Noun

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vy

  1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

Mapudungun

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Noun

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vy (Raguileo spelling)

  1. name

References

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  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Mbyá Guaraní

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Verb

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vy

  1. to wake up, to get up

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of vy
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive 		1st person
exclusive 		2nd person 3rd person
xee avy ndee erevy ha'e ovy nhande javy ore orovy peẽ pevy ha'e ovy

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From French vue (“vision”).

Noun

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vy m (definite singular vyen, indefinite plural vyer, definite plural vyene)

  1. perspective, outlook, vision
    Han har store vyer om framtida. ― He has great visions for the future.

References

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  • “vy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “vy” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From French vue (“vision”).

Noun

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vy m (definite singular vyen, indefinite plural vyar, definite plural vyane)

  1. perspective, outlook, vision
    Han har store vyar for framtida. ― He has great visions for the future.

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Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vy.

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Pronoun

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vy

  1. you, ye (plural or dual, nominative)
  2. you (plural or dual, accusative)

Declension

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Declension of the personal pronouns
Singular 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
Nominative jáz, já ty —
Genitive mne, mě tebe, tě sebe, sě
Dative mně, mi tobě, ti sobě, si
Accusative mě, mne tě, tebe sě, sebe
Locative mně tobě sobě
Instrumental mnú tobú, tebú sobú, sebú
Possessive mój tvój svój
Dual 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
Nominative vě, va, ma vy —
Genitive najú vajú sebe, sě
Dative náma váma sobě, si
Accusative ny, najú vy, vajú sě, sebe
Locative najú vajú sobě
Instrumental náma váma sobú, sebú
Possessive náš, najú váš, vajú svój
Plural 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
Nominative my vy —
Genitive nás vás sebe, sě
Dative nám, nem vám, vem sobě, si
Accusative ny, nás vy, vás sě, sebe
Locative nás vás sobě
Instrumental námi vámi sobú, sebú
Possessive náš váš svój

Descendants

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  • Czech: vy

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vy.

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Pronoun

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vy

  1. you (personal second person plural)
  2. you (formal second person singular)
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Swedish

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Etymology

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From French vue.

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Noun

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vy c

  1. view

Declension

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Declension of vy 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vy vyn vyer vyerna
Genitive vys vyns vyers vyernas

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