кеи

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Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъjь (“which”), from *kъ (“who”) + *jь (“this”), derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷós (“who”). First attested in c. 1140‒1160. By surface analysis, *ке (*ke) +‎ и (i). Cognate with Old East Slavic къи (kŷi), кꙑи (kyi), Old Ruthenian кой (koj), кїй (kij), Old Church Slavonic кꙑи (kyi), Old Polish ki, Old Czech ký.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ке‧и

Pronoun

кеи • (kei)

  1. (hapax) who, which
    Synonym: кето (keto)
    • c. 1140‒1160, Берестяная грамота № 1012 [Birchbark letter no. 1012]‎, Novgorod:
      … [:] (а) [къи] н[и е] …
      … [:] (a) [kŷi] n[i e] …
      … and who doesn't …

Declension

Declension of кеи (soft pronominal)
singular dual plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative кеь
keĭ 		кее
keje 		кеа
kea 		кеа
kea 		кеи
kei 		кеи
kei 		кеа
kea 		кеѣ
kejě
genitive кеего
kejego 		кееѣ
kejejě 		кеею
kejeju 		кеихъ
keixŭ
dative кеемоу
kejemu 		кееи
kejei 		кеима
keima 		кеимъ
keimŭ
accusative кеь
keĭ 		кее
keje 		кеѫ
keǫ 		кеа
kea 		кеи
kei 		кеѣ
kejě 		кеа
kea 		кеѣ
kejě
instrumental кеимь
keimĭ 		кееѭ
kejejǫ 		кеима
keima 		кеими
keimi
locative кеемь
kejemĭ 		кееи
kejei 		кеею
kejeju 		кеихъ
keixŭ
pronoun

Further reading

  • “кеи”, in Берестяные грамоты – Национальный корпус русского языка [Birchbark Letters – Russian National Corpus], https://ruscorpora.ru/, 2003–2025
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