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Bulgarian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare English hey, Polish hej, Serbo-Croatian ej.
Pronunciation
IPA(key):
Interjection
ей • (ej)
- hey! (interjection to get someone's attention)
Kamassian
Adverb
ей (ej)
- no
- not
References
- Donner, Kai R. (1944) “ei̯”, in Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura
Russian
- ней (nej) — when used after a preposition
- е́ю (jéju), не́ю (néju) — dated, poetic or dialectal
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ей • (jej)
- dative/instrumental of она́ (oná)