вой
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Вой на глутница вълци
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *vъjь, *vyjь.
Noun
вой • (voj) m
- howl, yowl (prolonged low-pitch cry of canines)
- howl, tootle (low-pitch noise of siren, wind, or another inanimate source)
- (figurative) cry, wail, whine, clamour (of person)
Declension
Declension of вой
Related terms
References
- “вой¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “вой”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Etymology 2
Expressive.
Interjection
вой • (voj)
References
- “вой²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Etymology 3
From Proto-Slavic *vojь (“turn, curving”).
Noun
вой • (voj) m
Declension
Declension of вой
Derived terms
- заво́й (zavój, “curve, turn”)
- наво́й (navój, “wrapping band, rope”) (dialectal)
- пово́й (povój, “coverlet, wrap, coil”)
- приво́й (privój, “tie, lace”) (dialectal)
- разво́й (razvój, “development”)
Komi-Zyrian
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| Next: | асыв (asyv) |
Etymology
From Proto-Permic *öj, from Proto-Uralic *üje. Cognates include Finnish yö and Hungarian éj. The sense for the compass point emerged from the position of the Sun on the given time of day.
Pronunciation
Noun
вой • (voj)
Declension
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| nominative | вой (voj) | войяс (vojas) | |
| accusative | I* | вой (voj) | войяс (vojas) |
| II* | войӧс (vojös) | войясӧс (vojasös) | |
| instrumental | войӧн (vojön) | войясӧн (vojasön) | |
| comitative | войкӧд (vojköd) | войяскӧд (vojasköd) | |
| caritive | войтӧг (vojtög) | войястӧг (vojastög) | |
| consecutive | войла (vojla) | войясла (vojasla) | |
| genitive | войлӧн (vojlön) | войяслӧн (vojaslön) | |
| ablative | войлысь (vojlyś) | войяслысь (vojaslyś) | |
| dative | войлы (vojly) | войяслы (vojasly) | |
| inessive | войын (vojyn) | войясын (vojasyn) | |
| elative | войысь (vojyś) | войясысь (vojasyś) | |
| illative | войӧ (vojö) | войясӧ (vojasö) | |
| egressive | войсянь (vojśań) | войяссянь (vojasśań) | |
| approximative | войлань (vojlań) | войяслань (vojaslań) | |
| terminative | войӧдз (vojödź) | войясӧдз (vojasödź) | |
| prolative | I | войӧд (vojöd) | войясӧд (vojasöd) |
| II | войті (vojti) | войясті (vojasti) | |
| *) Animate nouns almost exclusively take the type II accusative ending, whereas inanimate nouns can be used with either ending, but are more often found with type I. | |||
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Derived terms
- войвыв (vojvyv)
See also
| вой (voj) войвыв (vojvyv) |
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| рыт (ryt) рытыввыв (rytyvvyv) |
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асыв (asyv) асыввыв (asyvvyv) |
| лун (lun) лунвыв (lunvyv) |
References
- Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 25
- L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 106
Northern Khanty
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Noun
вой (woj) (Kazym)
References
- Solovar, V. N. (2014) “вой”, in Хантыйско-русский Словарь (казымский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Dictionary (Kazym Dialect)], Khanty-Mansiysk: ООО «ФОРМАТ», →ISBN, page 39
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vojь. Compare выть (vytʹ). See Proto-Slavic *vyti for more information.
Noun
вой • (voj) m inan (genitive во́я, nominative plural во́и, genitive plural во́ев)
- howl, wail
- 1875, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава десятая”, in На краю света; English translation from Alfred Edward Chamot, transl., On the Edge of the World, 1923:
- Пред мои́ми глаза́ми, вдали́, в полутьме́, что́-то мелькну́ло, как тёмная стрела́, пото́м друга́я, тре́тья, и вслед за тем в во́здухе разда́лся протя́жный жа́лобный вой.
- Pred moími glazámi, vdalí, v polutʹmé, štó-to melʹknúlo, kak tjómnaja strelá, potóm drugája, trétʹja, i vsled za tem v vózduxe razdálsja protjážnyj žálobnyj voj.
- I saw, in the twilight, something flitting in the distance, like a dark arrow, then another, and a third, and immediately after the air was filled with a long doleful howl.
Declension
Etymology 2
Verb
вой • (voj)
- second-person singular imperative imperfective of выть (vytʹ)