вуй
See also: вуи
Eastern Mari
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Mari *wuj, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa.
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vuj]
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old Ukrainian уй (uj), from Proto-Slavic *ujь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wui̯]
Noun
вуй • (vuj) m pers (genitive ву́я, nominative plural ву́ї, genitive plural ву́їв) (dialectal)
- maternal uncle
- Coordinate term: стрий (stryj)
- gaffer (an older man)
Declension
Declension of вуй (pers j-stem masc-form accent-a)
Derived terms
- ву́йко (vújko)
- ву́йна (vújna)
Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “вуй”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вуй”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “вуй”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
Western Mari
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Mari *wuj, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa.
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