вій

See also: виј, вий, and вії

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋʲii̯]

Etymology 1

Possibly related to ві́я (víja, eyelash).

Noun

Viy commands "open my eyelids, I can't see"

вій • (vij) m pers (genitive ві́я, nominative plural ві́ї, genitive plural ві́їв)

  1. (Ukrainian mythology) "viy" (a creature with gigantic eyelids and eyelashes from hell who kills by looking at people)
Declension
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)

  1. a handful of firewood
Declension

Noun

вій • (vij) f inan

  1. genitive plural of ві́я (víja)

References

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