вий
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Viy commands "open my eyelids, I can't see"
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
вий • (vij) (personal)
- (regional, nonstandard or poetic) Alternative form of вие (vie) (the second-person plural pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb); you
- Вий двамата сте по-високи от мен.
- Vij dvamata ste po-visoki ot men.
- Both of you are taller than me.
- 1872-73, Hristo Botev, In the Tavern, Nezavisimost (newspaper):
- […] а вий... вий сте идиоти!
- […] a vij... vij ste idioti!
- and you... you are idiots!
- 1895, Aleko Konstantinov, Baj Ganjo Visits Jireček:
- Вий нали бяхте министър в София?
- Vij nali bjahte ministǎr v Sofija?
- You were a minister in Sofia, right?
Usage notes
Вий and ний are used in the Eastern Bulgarian dialects and are not considered standard. They can also be found in poetry (see quotations) where the number of syllables is important and these pronouns are one syllable shorter than their corresponding standard forms.
Related terms
Bulgarian personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Prepositional | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Short | Full | Short | |||||
| Singular | First | — | аз (az) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) |
ме (me) | ме́не (méne) | ми (mi) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) |
| Second | Informal | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) |
те (te) | те́бе (tébe) | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) | |
| Formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
| Third | Masculine | той (toj) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | |
| Feminine | тя (tja) | не́я (néja) | я (ja) | ней (nej) | ѝ (ì) | не́я (néja) | ||
| Neuter | то (to) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | ||
| Plural | First | — | ни́е (níe) ний (nij) |
нас (nas) | ни (ni) | нам (nam) | ни (ni) | нас (nas) |
| Second | Informal | ви́е (víe) вий (vij) |
вас (vas) | ви (vi) | вам (vam) | ви (vi) | вас (vas) | |
| Formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
| Third | — | те (te) | тях (tjah) | ги (gi) | тям (tjam) | им (im) | тях (tjah) | |
Mongolian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈw̜iː/
- Syllabification: вий (1 syllable)
Particle
вий • (vii)
Synonyms
- -уузай (-uuzaj)
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian вій (vij).
Pronunciation
Noun
вий • (vij) m anim (genitive ви́я, nominative plural ви́и, genitive plural ви́ев)
- (mythology) "viy" (a creature with gigantic eyelids and eyelashes from hell who kills by looking at people)
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vyjь or *vъjь; see the verb *vyti. Cognate to Russian вой (voj), Macedonian виј (vij).
Pronunciation
Noun
вий • (vyj) m inan (genitive ви́я, nominative plural ви́ї, genitive plural ви́їв)
Declension
Declension of вий (inan sg-only j-stem masc-form accent-a)
Related terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вий”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “вий”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “вий”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “вий”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)