# вий
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vij]
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

вий • (vij) (personal)
* (regional, nonstandard or poetic) Alternative form of вие (vie) (the second-person plural pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb); you
    Вий двамата сте по-високи от мен.Vij dvamata ste po-visoki ot men.Both of you are taller than me.
** 1872-73, Hristo Botev, In the Tavern, Nezavisimost (newspaper):[…] а вий... вий сте идиоти![…] a vij... vij ste idioti! […] and you... you are idiots!
** 1895, Aleko Konstantinov, Baj Ganjo Visits Jireček:Вий нали бяхте министър в София?Vij nali bjahte ministǎr v Sofija?You were a minister in Sofia, right?

#### Usage notes

Вий and ний are used in the Eastern Bulgarian dialects and are not considered standard. They can also be found in poetry (see quotations) where the number of syllables is important and these pronouns are one syllable shorter than their corresponding standard forms.

#### Related terms

| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) | Accusative (direct complement) | Accusative (direct complement) | Dative (indirect complement) | Dative (indirect complement) | Prepositional |
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) | Full | Short | Full | Short | Prepositional |
| Singular | First | — | аз (az) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) | ме (me) | ме́не (méne) | ми (mi) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) |
| Singular | Second | Informal | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) | те (te) | те́бе (tébe) | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) |
| Singular | Second | Formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) |
| Singular | Third | Masculine | той (toj) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) |
| Singular | Third | Feminine | тя (tja) | не́я (néja) | я (ja) | ней (nej) | ѝ (ì) | не́я (néja) |
| Singular | Third | Neuter | то (to) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) |
| Plural | First | — | ни́е (níe) ний (nij) | нас (nas) | ни (ni) | нам (nam) | ни (ni) | нас (nas) |
| Plural | Second | Informal | ви́е (víe) вий (vij) | вас (vas) | ви (vi) | вам (vam) | ви (vi) | вас (vas) |
| Plural | Second | Formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) |
| Plural | Third | — | те (te) | тях (tjah) | ги (gi) | тям (tjam) | им (im) | тях (tjah) |

## Mongolian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈw̜iː/
* Syllabification: вий (1 syllable)

### Particle

вий • (vii)
* in case; lest; might
    хүмүүс сонсчих вийxümüüs sonsčix viipeople might hear; in case people hear
    хортой байх вийxortoj bajx viiin case it's poisoned

#### Synonyms

* -уузай (-uuzaj)

## Russian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian вій (vij).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vʲij]

### Noun

вий • (vij) m anim (genitive ви́я, nominative plural ви́и, genitive plural ви́ев)
* (mythology) "viy" (a creature with gigantic eyelids and eyelashes from hell who kills by looking at people)

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vyjь or *vъjь; see the verb *vyti. Cognate to Russian вой (voj), Macedonian виј (vij).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʋɪi̯]

### Noun

вий • (vyj) m inan (genitive ви́я, nominative plural ви́ї, genitive plural ви́їв)
* howling
    Synonym: виття́ (vyttjá)

#### Related terms

* ви́ти (výty)
* виття́ (vyttjá)

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вий”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “вий”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “вий”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “вий”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)