вій
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʋʲii̯]
Etymology 1
Possibly related to ві́я (víja, “eyelash”).
Noun
вій • (vij) m pers (genitive ві́я, nominative plural ві́ї, genitive plural ві́їв)
- (Ukrainian mythology) "viy" (a creature with gigantic eyelids and eyelashes from hell who kills by looking at people)
Declension
Declension of вій (pers j-stem masc-form accent-a)
Descendants
- → Russian: вий (vij)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *vьjь, *vijь (“bundle of twigs”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyǵh- (“to twist, weave”).
Noun
вій • (vij) m inan (genitive воя́, nominative plural вої́, genitive plural вої́в)
- a handful of firewood
Declension
Declension of вій (inan j-stem masc-form accent-b і-о)
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вій”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “вій”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “вій”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
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