wej

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛj/, [wej]

Etymology 1

Noun

wej m inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter w/W.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, bej, cej, čet, ćej, dej, ej, ět, ef, gej, ha, cha, i, jot, ka, eł, el, em, en, ejn, o, pej, er, ejŕ, es, eš, śej, tej, u, wej, y, zet, žet, źej

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃ and influenced by -mej, a verbal dual ending.

Pronoun

wej du

1. Dual second person pronoun; you two

Declension

Declension of the second-person pronouns

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ty	wej	wy
Genitive	śi tebje¹	waju	was
Dative	śi tebje¹	wama	wam
Accusative	śi tebje¹	waju	was
Instrumental	tobu	wama	wami
Locative	tebje	wama	was
Possessive determiner	twój	waju	waš

¹ Both śi and tebje are used when no preposition precedes, but after a preposition only tebje is used.

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “wej”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wej”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Mapudungun

Adjective

wej (Raguileo spelling)

1. uneven
2. imperfect

Adverb

wej (Raguileo spelling)

1. partially

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u̯ɛi̯/

Noun

wej m inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, bej, cej, čej, ćet, dźej / dźet, dee, ej, ět, ef, gej, ha, cha, i, jot / jót, kay, eł, el, em, en, eń, o, ó, pej, er, eř, es, eš, tej, u, wej, y / ypsilon, zet, žet