къи

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъjь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊji//ˈkʊji//ˈkɔji/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkʊji/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkʊji/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkɔji/

Determiner

къи (kŷi)

  1. how, which, who, what
    • 1110s, Hypatian Codex:
      се же. написахъ и положихъ. и в кое лѣ(т) почалъ быти манастырь.
      se že. napisaxŭ i položixŭ. i v koje lě(t) počalŭ byti manastyrĭ.
      I wrote and set forth that, and on which year monastery came to be

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: кой (koj), кїй (kij)
  • Russian: кой (koj), коё (kojó), каё (kajó) (dialectal)