wij
التعريفات والمعاني
== Translingual ==
=== Symbol ===
wij
(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Wik-Iiyanh.
== Dutch ==
=== Alternative forms ===
we (muted)
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Dutch wi, from Old Dutch wī, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.
Compare Low German wi, West Frisian wy, German wir, English we, Danish vi.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (stressed) /ʋɛi̯/, (unstressed) /ʋə/
Homophone: wei
=== Pronoun ===
wij
we; first-person plural subjective personal pronoun
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Afrikaans: wy
Jersey Dutch: wāi
Negerhollands: wellie
== Polish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈvij/
Rhymes: -ij
Syllabification: wij
=== Etymology 1 ===
Probably related to Ukrainian вій (vij), which refers to the same creature. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
==== Noun ====
wij m animal
myriapod (arthropod belonging to the subphylum Myriapoda)
(Slavic mythology) viy (creature with gigantic eyelids and eyelashes from hell who kills by looking at people)
===== Declension =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
wij
second-person singular imperative present of wić
=== Further reading ===
“wij”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[1] (in Polish)