вуй

Inherited from Proto-Mari *wuj, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa.

• IPA^(key): /βuj/

вуй • (vuj)

1. (anatomy) head

   вуйыштыжо упш

   vujyštyžo upš

   (s)he has a hat on his/her head

2. (figuratively) existence, being
3. mind, head, brains
4. (unit) head, capita (when counting)

   вольык вуй

   voĺyk vuj

   head of cattle

5. top, summit, peak, apex
6. tip, tip of something, head
7. border, edge, end
8. (botany) head
9. (botany) inflorescence
10. backrest, back
11. ridge, dome
12. front part
13. tip (of shoe or sock)
14. ear (of grain)
15. (figuratively) head, chief
16. (figuratively) desires, wishes

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• J. Bradley et al. (2023), “вуй”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

• вꙋй (vuj), воуй (vuj), оуй (uj)

Inherited from Old East Slavic вуи (vui), оуи (ui), from Proto-Slavic *ujь.

вуй • (vuj) m pers

1. maternal uncle

• Belarusian: вуй (vuj) (dialectal)
• Ukrainian: вуй (vuj), уй (uj) (dialectal)

• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вуй”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, issue 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 354
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1986), “вуй”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 5 (всперати – выорати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 54
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “уй”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 325
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1998), “вуй”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 5 (впрашати – выпродати), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 71
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2002), “вуй”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 125

• IPA^(key): [vuj]

вуй • (vuj) m anim (genitive ву́я, nominative plural ву́и, genitive plural ву́ев)

1. Alternative form of уй (uj)

From Old Ukrainian уй (uj), from Proto-Slavic *ujь.

• IPA^(key): [wui̯]

вуй • (vuj) m pers (genitive ву́я, nominative plural ву́ї, genitive plural ву́їв) (dialectal)

1. maternal uncle

   Coordinate term: стрий (stryj)

2. gaffer (an older man)

• ву́йко (vújko)
• ву́йна (vújna)

• 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

Inherited from Proto-Mari *wuj, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa.

вуй • (vuj)

1. head