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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]wij
- the first-person plural personal pronoun; refers to the speakers
Inflection
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[edit]Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Declension of wij
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]wij
Further reading
[edit]- wij in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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