вий

See also: виј, вій, and вії

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vij/

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.

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.

Quotations

1872-73, Hristo Botev, “In the Tavern”, Nezavisimost (newspaper):
[…] а вий... вий сте идиоти!
a vij... vij ste idioti!

"and you... you are idiots!"

Related terms

Bulgarian personal pronouns

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

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