ей

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ei"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare English hey, Polish hej, Serbo-Croatian ej.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ɛj]

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Interjection

ей • (ej)

  1. hey! (interjection to get someone's attention)

Kamassian

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *e-, from Proto-Uralic *e-.

Adverb

ей (ej)

  1. no
  2. not

References

  • Donner, Kai R. (1944) “ei̯”, in Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura

Russian

Alternative forms

  • ней (nej) — when used after a preposition
  • е́ю (jéju), не́ю (néju) — dated, poetic or dialectal

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jej]
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Pronoun

ей • (jej)

  1. dative/instrumental of она́ (oná)
    • 1867, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “XXV”, in Дым; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Smoke, 1896:
      «Э́того нельзя́ так оста́вить, — воскли́кнул он наконе́ц, — я не позво́лю ей так безжа́лостно игра́ть мое́ю жи́знию…»
      «Étovo nelʹzjá tak ostávitʹ, — vosklíknul on nakonéc, — ja ne pozvólju jej tak bezžálostno igrátʹ mojéju žízniju…»
      'She can't let it go like that,' he cried at last, 'I won't allow her to play with my life so mercilessly.'
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