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вы-

/[vɨ] | [ˈvɨ]/
Russianprefix

Definitions

  1. 1.
    out, out from (describing an action of moving outside from inside)
    • вы́- (vý-) + -йти́ (-jtí, “to go”) → вы́йти (výjti, “to go out”)

  2. 2.
    completion or fulfillment
    • вы́- (vý-) + кури́ть (kurítʹ, “to smoke”) → вы́курить (výkuritʹ, “to smoke to the end”)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic вꙑ- (vy-), from Proto-Slavic *vy- (“out”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd, or Proto-Indo-European *(H)ud (Derksen), or *ūd- : *ūt- (Černyx). In Slavic, the final consonant was dropped. Cognates include English out, German aus (“out”).

Forms

  • вы́-canonical
  • vý-romanization

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