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Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
wej m inan
- The name of the Latin-script letter w.
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) a, bej, cej, čet, ćej, dej, ej, ět, ef, gej, ha, cha, i, jot, ka, eł, el, em, en, ejn, o, pej, er, ejŕ, es, eš, śej, tej, u, wej, y, zet, žet, źej
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃ and influenced by -mej, a verbal dual ending.
Pronoun
wej du
- Dual second person pronoun; you two
Declension
Declension of the second-person pronouns
¹ Both śi and tebje are used when no preposition precedes, but after a preposition only tebje is used.
References
- ^ Schuster-Šewc, Heinz (1988) “wój”, in Historisch-etymologisches Wörterbuch der ober- und niedersorbischen Sprache [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Upper and Lower Sorbian Language] (in German), numbers 21 (tymje – wołma), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, →ISBN, page 1641
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “wej”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wej”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Mapudungun
Adjective
wej (Raguileo spelling)
- uneven
- imperfect
Adverb
wej (Raguileo spelling)
- partially
Upper Sorbian
Pronunciation
Noun
wej m inan
- The name of the Latin-script letter W.
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) a, bej, cej, čej, ćet, dźej / dźet, dee, ej, ět, ef, gej, ha, cha, i, jot / jót, kay, eł, el, em, en, eń, o, ó, pej, er, eř, es, eš, tej, u, wej, y / ypsilon, zet, žet