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Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="wij" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wiktionary.org/wiki/wij" title="wij – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="wij" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/wij" title="wij – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="wij" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/wij" title="wij – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="wij" data-language-autonym="Dansk" 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wiktionary.org/wiki/wij" title="wij – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="wij" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/wij" title="wij – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="wij" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/wij" title="wij – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="wij" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/wij" title="wij – Indonesian" 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var(--wikt-palette-indigo-2,#CCCCFF);"> <th> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/subject" title="subject">subject</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/object" title="object">object</a> </th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/possessive" title="possessive">possessive</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/reflexive" title="reflexive">reflexive</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/genitive" title="genitive">genitive</a><sup>5</sup> </th></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"> <th style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-2,#CCCCFF);"><a href="/wiki/singular" title="singular">singular</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"><a href="/wiki/full" title="full">full</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"><a href="/wiki/unstressed" title="unstressed">unstr.</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"><a href="/wiki/full" title="full">full</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"><a href="/wiki/unstressed" title="unstressed">unstr.</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"><a href="/wiki/full" title="full">full</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"><a href="/wiki/unstressed" title="unstressed">unstr.</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"><a href="/wiki/predicative" title="predicative">pred.</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"> </th> <th style="width: 11%"> </th></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/first_person" title="first person">1st person</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ik#Dutch" title="ik">ik</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27k#Dutch" title="'k">'k</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/mij#Dutch" title="mij">mij</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/me#Dutch" title="me">me</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/mijn#Dutch" title="mijn">mijn</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/m%27n#Dutch" 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class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jouw#Dutch" title="jouw">jouw</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/je#Dutch" title="je">je</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jouwe#Dutch" title="jouwe">jouwe</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/je#Dutch" title="je">je</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jouwer#Dutch" title="jouwer">jouwer</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jouws#Dutch" title="jouws">jouws</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/second_person" title="second person">2nd person</a> <small><a href="/wiki/archaic" title="archaic">archaic</a> or <a href="/wiki/regiolectal" title="regiolectal">regiolectal</a></small> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/gij#Dutch" title="gij">gij</a></span> </td> <td><span 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title="'r">'r</a></span><sup>1</sup>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/d%27r#Dutch" title="d'r">d'r</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/hare#Dutch" title="hare">hare</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zich#Dutch" title="zich">zich</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/harer#Dutch" title="harer">harer</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/haars#Dutch" title="haars">haars</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/third_person" title="third person">3rd person</a> <a href="/wiki/neuter" title="neuter">neuter</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/het#Dutch" title="het">het</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27t#Dutch" title="'t">'t</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/het#Dutch" title="het">het</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27t#Dutch" title="'t">'t</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zijn#Dutch" title="zijn">zijn</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/z%27n#Dutch" title="z'n">z'n</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zijne#Dutch" title="zijne">zijne</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zich#Dutch" title="zich">zich</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zijner#Dutch" title="zijner">zijner</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zijns#Dutch" title="zijns">zijns</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF); height: 0.5em"> <th style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-2,#CCCCFF);"><a href="/wiki/plural" title="plural">plural</a> </th> <td colspan="9"> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/first_person" title="first person">1st person</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><strong class="selflink">wij</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/we#Dutch" title="we">we</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ons#Dutch" title="ons">ons</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ons#Dutch" title="ons">ons</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onze#Dutch" title="onze">onze</a></span><sup>2</sup> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onze#Dutch" title="onze">onze</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ons#Dutch" title="ons">ons</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onzer#Dutch" title="onzer">onzer</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onzes#Dutch" title="onzes">onzes</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/second_person" title="second person">2nd person</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jullie#Dutch" title="jullie">jullie</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/je#Dutch" title="je">je</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jullie#Dutch" title="jullie">jullie</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/je#Dutch" title="je">je</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jullie#Dutch" title="jullie">jullie</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/je#Dutch" title="je">je</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/je#Dutch" title="je">je</a></span> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/second_person" title="second person">2nd person</a> <small><a href="/wiki/archaic" title="archaic">archaic</a> or <a href="/wiki/regiolectal" title="regiolectal">regiolectal</a></small><sup>6</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/gij#Dutch" title="gij">gij</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ge#Dutch" title="ge">ge</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/u#Dutch" title="u">u</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uw#Dutch" title="uw">uw</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uwe#Dutch" title="uwe">uwe</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/u#Dutch" title="u">u</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uwer#Dutch" title="uwer">uwer</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uws#Dutch" title="uws">uws</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/second_person" title="second person">2nd person</a> <a href="/wiki/formal" title="formal">formal</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/u#Dutch" title="u">u</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/u#Dutch" title="u">u</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uw#Dutch" title="uw">uw</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uwe#Dutch" title="uwe">uwe</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/u#Dutch" title="u">u</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zich#Dutch" title="zich">zich</a></span><sup>7</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uwer#Dutch" title="uwer">uwer</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uws#Dutch" title="uws">uws</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/third_person" title="third person">3rd person</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zij#Dutch" title="zij">zij</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ze#Dutch" title="ze">ze</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/hen#Dutch" title="hen">hen</a></span><sup>3</sup>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/hun#Dutch" title="hun">hun</a></span><sup>4</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ze#Dutch" title="ze">ze</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/hun#Dutch" title="hun">hun</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/hunne#Dutch" title="hunne">hunne</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zich#Dutch" title="zich">zich</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/hunner#Dutch" title="hunner">hunner</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/huns#Dutch" title="huns">huns</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF)"> <td colspan="4" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size: smaller; line-height: 1em"><sup>1)</sup> Not as common in written language.<br /><sup>2)</sup> Inflected as an <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Dutch_parts_of_speech#Adjectives" title="Appendix:Dutch parts of speech">adjective</a>.<br /><sup>3)</sup> In <a href="/wiki/prescriptivist" title="prescriptivist">prescriptivist</a> use, used only as direct object (<a href="/wiki/accusative" title="accusative">accusative</a>).<br /><sup>4)</sup> In <a href="/wiki/prescriptivist" title="prescriptivist">prescriptivist</a> use, used only as indirect object (<a href="/wiki/dative" title="dative">dative</a>).<br /><sup>5)</sup> Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions.<br /><sup>6)</sup> To differentiate from the singular <i>gij</i>, <i><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/gelle#Dutch" title="gelle">gelle</a></span></i> (object form <i>elle</i>) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are <i><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/gijlieden#Dutch" title="gijlieden">gijlieden</a></span></i> and <i><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/gijlui#Dutch" title="gijlui">gijlui</a></span></i> ("you people"). </td> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size: smaller; line-height: 1em"><sup>7)</sup> <i>Zich</i> is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun <i>u</i>, e.g. <i>Meldt u zich aan!</i> 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun <i>u</i> is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. <i>U heeft zich aangemeld.</i> 'You have logged in.' Only <i>u</i> can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. <i>Meld u aan!</i> 'Log in!', where <i>u</i> is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both <i>u</i> and <i>zich</i> are equally possible, e.g. <i>U meldt u/zich aan.</i> 'You log in.' </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wij&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/we#Dutch" title="we">we</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wij&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Jersey Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="gmw-jdt"><a href="/wiki/w%C4%81i#Jersey_Dutch" title="wāi">wāi</a></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style></li> <li>Negerhollands: <span class="Latn" lang="dcr"><a href="/wiki/wellie#Negerhollands" title="wellie">wellie</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wij&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ons#Dutch" title="ons">ons</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onze#Dutch" title="onze">onze</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Polish">Polish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wij&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Polish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/60px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Polish <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:wij" class="extiw" title="w:pl:wij">wij</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:wij" class="extiw" title="w:pl:wij">Wikipedia <sup>pl</sup></a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r83974623">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid;display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .interproject-box>div:first-child{float:none!important;flex:none}.mw-parser-output .interproject-box>div:nth-child(2){margin-left:0.55em!important}body.skin-vector:not(.skin-vector-2022) .mw-parser-output .interproject-box .vector-hide{display:none}body.skin-vector:not(.skin-vector-2022) .mw-parser-output .interproject-box .vector-inline-block{display:inline-block;margin-left:0!important}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wij&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Polish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Polish pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈvij/</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410" /><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="LL-Q809_(pol)-Olaf-wij.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/LL-Q809_%28pol%29-Olaf-wij.wav/LL-Q809_%28pol%29-Olaf-wij.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/LL-Q809_%28pol%29-Olaf-wij.wav/LL-Q809_%28pol%29-Olaf-wij.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/LL-Q809_%28pol%29-Olaf-wij.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q809_(pol)-Olaf-wij.wav" title="File:LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-wij.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Polish/ij" title="Rhymes:Polish/ij"><span class="IPA">-ij</span></a></li> <li>Syllabification: <span class="Latn" lang="pl">wij</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wij&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Probably related to <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a></span> <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B9#Ukrainian" title="вій">вій</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">vij</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, which refers to the same creature. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r83928332">.mw-parser-output .maintenance-box{width:90%;margin:0.75em auto;border-width:1px;border-style:dashed;padding:0.25em}.mw-parser-output .request-box{margin:0.75em 1em 0.75em 1em;border:1px dashed var(--border-color-base,#999999);padding:0.25em;background:var(--background-color-base,#FFFFFF)}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .request-box table{margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:0.25em}.mw-parser-output .maintenance-box-blue{background-color:#E6E6FF;border-color:#000061}.mw-parser-output .maintenance-box-red{background-color:#FFE6E6;border-color:#610000}.mw-parser-output .maintenance-box-yellow{background-color:#FFFFE6;border-color:#616100}.mw-parser-output .maintenance-box-grey{background-color:#F2F2F2;border-color:#303030}.mw-parser-output .maintenance-box-orange{background-color:#FFF2E6;border-color:#612F00}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .maintenance-box-blue{background-color:#1D1D44;border-color:#73737F}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .maintenance-box-red{background-color:#441D1D;border-color:#7F7373}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .maintenance-box-yellow{background-color:#323216;border-color:#7F7F73}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .maintenance-box-grey{background-color:#303030;border-color:#797979}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .maintenance-box-orange{background-color:#44301D;border-color:#7F7973}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .maintenance-box-blue{background-color:#1D1D44;border-color:#73737F}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .maintenance-box-red{background-color:#441D1D;border-color:#7F7373}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .maintenance-box-yellow{background-color:#323216;border-color:#7F7F73}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .maintenance-box-grey{background-color:#303030;border-color:#797979}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .maintenance-box-orange{background-color:#44301D;border-color:#7F7973}}</style><span class="maintenance-line">(This <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Etymology" title="Wiktionary:Etymology">etymology</a> is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Etymology_scriptorium" title="Wiktionary:Etymology scriptorium">Etymology scriptorium</a>.)</span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wij&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="pl">wij</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> animal</span></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/myriapod" title="myriapod">myriapod</a> <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">arthropod belonging to the subphylum <span class="biota"><a href="/wiki/Myriapoda#Translingual" title="Myriapoda">Myriapoda</a></span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Slavic" title="Slavic">Slavic</a> <a href="/wiki/mythology" title="mythology">mythology</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=viy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="viy (page does not exist)">viy</a> <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">creature with gigantic eyelids and eyelashes from hell who kills by looking at people</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declension_2">Declension</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wij&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" data-toggle-category="declension" style="display: block; max-width: 29em;"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lighterblue, #ebf4ff)">Declension of <span class="Latn mention" lang="pl">wij</span></div> <div class="NavContent"> <table style="text-align:center; width: 100%; margin: 0;" class="inflection-table inflection"> <tbody><tr class="rowgroup"> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue, #d9ebff); width: 8em;"> </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue, #d9ebff);" scope="col">singular </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue, #d9ebff);" scope="col">plural </th></tr> <tr> <th title="mianownik (kto? co?)" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lighterblue, #ebf4ff);" scope="row">nominative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-pl nom|s-form-of" lang="pl"><strong class="selflink">wij</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-pl nom|p-form-of" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/wije#Polish" title="wije">wije</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th title="dopełniacz (kogo? czego?)" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lighterblue, #ebf4ff);" scope="row">genitive </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-pl gen|s-form-of" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/wija#Polish" title="wija">wija</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-pl gen|p-form-of" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/wij%C3%B3w#Polish" title="wijów">wijów</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th title="celownik (komu? czemu?)" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lighterblue, #ebf4ff);" scope="row">dative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-pl dat|s-form-of" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/wijowi#Polish" title="wijowi">wijowi</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-pl dat|p-form-of" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/wijom#Polish" title="wijom">wijom</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th title="biernik (kogo? co?)" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lighterblue, #ebf4ff);" scope="row">accusative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-pl acc|s-form-of" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/wija#Polish" title="wija">wija</a></span> </td> 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