wej

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wɛj/, [wej]

Noun

wej m inan

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter w/W.

See also

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃ and influenced by -mej, a verbal dual ending.[1]

Pronoun

wej du

  1. Dual second person pronoun; you two
Declension
Declension of the second-person pronouns
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ty wej wy
Genitive śi
tebje¹		 waju was
Dative śi
tebje¹		 wama wam
Accusative śi
tebje¹		 waju was
Instrumental tobu wama wami
Locative tebje wama was
Possessive determiner twój waju waš

¹ Both śi and tebje are used when no preposition precedes, but after a preposition only tebje is used.

References
  1. 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)

  1. uneven
  2. imperfect

Adverb

wej (Raguileo spelling)

  1. partially

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /u̯ɛi̯/

Noun

wej m inan

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.

See also
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