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See also: Vy, vy-, vý-, vy., vỹ, Vỹ, ви, вы, Вы, вы-, and вꙑ

English

Verb

vy (third-person singular simple present vies or vyes, present participle vying, simple past and past participle vied or vyed)

  1. 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.
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Afrikaans

Alternative forms

  • vyg (also standard, less common)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fəi/, [fə̟i̯]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

vy (plural vye)

  1. fig

Derived terms

Cornish

Etymology

From my.

Pronoun

vy

  1. I, me, my (enclitic, used to reinforce previous pronoun)
    ow lyver vy
    my book
    Ple yth vy?
    Where did I go?

See also

More information number, person ...

1 Uncommon.
2 hun and ins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
3 Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.

S Triggers soft mutation A Triggers aspirate mutation M Triggers mixed mutation

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

vy

  1. you (personal second person plural)
  2. you (formal second person singular)

Declension

Declension of vy (pl-only animate pronoun)
More information plural, nominative ...

Derived terms

More information singular, plural ...

1 animate referents only, for inanimate ones ony is used.

Further reading

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Malagasy

Etymology

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

Noun

vy

  1. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)

Mapudungun

Noun

vy (Raguileo spelling)

  1. name

References

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

Mbyá Guaraní

Verb

vy

  1. to wake up, to get up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vy
More information singular, plural ...

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French vue (“vision”).

Noun

vy m (definite singular vyen, indefinite plural vyer, definite plural vyene)

  1. 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)

  1. perspective, outlook, vision
    Han har store vyar for framtida. ― He has great visions for the future.

References

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vy.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

vy

  1. you, ye (plural or dual, nominative)
  2. you (plural or dual, accusative)

Declension

Declension of the personal pronouns
More information Singular, 1st person ...

Descendants

  • Czech: vy

References

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Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vy.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

vy

  1. you

Declension

Declension of vy
More information plurale tantum, nominative ...
More information substantive, possessive ...

* masculine animate only, ony otherwise

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
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Swedish

Etymology

From French vue.

Pronunciation

Noun

vy c

  1. view

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

See also

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