# vy
## English
### Verb

vy (third-person singular simple present vies or vyes, present participle vying, simple past and past participle vied or vyed)
* Obsolete form of vie.
** 1698, John Milton, A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works, page 27:[…] and by continual Study had so incorporated the Phrase and Stile of that Apostle into all his familiar Letters, that the Imitation seem'd to vy with the Original.

## Afrikaans
### Alternative forms

* vyg (also standard, less common)

### Etymology

Backformation from vye, plural of vyg, from Dutch vijg.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fəi/, [fə̟i̯]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

vy (plural vye)
* fig

#### Derived terms

* vyeboom
* vygie

## Cornish
### Pronoun

vy
* I, me

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vy, from Proto-Slavic *vy, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɪ]
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

vy
* you (personal second person plural)
* you (formal second person singular)

#### Derived terms

* vykat

#### Related terms
### Further reading

* “vy”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “vy”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “vy”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Malagasy
### Etymology

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

### Noun

vy
* (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

## Mapudungun
### Noun

vy (Raguileo spelling)
* name

### References

* Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

## Mbyá Guaraní
### Verb

vy
* to wake up, to get up

#### Conjugation
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From French vue (“vision”).

### Noun

vy m (definite singular vyen, indefinite plural vyer, definite plural vyene)
* perspective, outlook, vision
    Han har store vyer om framtida. ― He has great visions for the future.

### References

* “vy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “vy” in The Ordnett Dictionary

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From French vue (“vision”).

### Noun

vy m (definite singular vyen, indefinite plural vyar, definite plural vyane)
* perspective, outlook, vision
    Han har store vyar for framtida. ― He has great visions for the future.

### References

* “vy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈʋɨ/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈvi/

### Pronoun

vy
* you, ye (plural or dual, nominative)
* you (plural or dual, accusative)

#### Descendants

* Czech: vy

### References

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “vy”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vi]

### Pronoun

vy
* you

#### Related terms
### Further reading

* “vy”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

From French vue.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vyː/

### Noun

vy c
* view

#### See also

* utsikt