въ

See also: вѣ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

PIE word
*h₁en

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n). Cognate with English in, Latin in and Ancient Greek ἐν (en).

Preposition

въ • (vŭ)

1. in, into

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• у (u), и (i)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic въ (vŭ) and Old Polish w.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋʊ/→/ʋʊ/→/ʋ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ʋʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ʋʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ʋ/

• Hyphenation: въ

Preposition

въ (vŭ) (pre-cluster form во)

1. (+ locative) inside
   • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎, page 2:

     рече бо въ сьрдьци моѥмь съкрꙑхъ словеса твоꙗ да не съгрѣшѫ тебѣ·

     reče bo vŭ sĭrdĭci mojemĭ sŭkryxŭ slovesa tvoja da ne sŭgrěšǫ tebě·

     For [one] said: In my heart I hid your words so I won't commit a sin before you

2. (+ accusative) into

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: въ (v)
  • Belarusian: у (u), ў (ŭ)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: в (v), у (u)
  • Ukrainian: у (u), в (v)
• Russian: в (v)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “въ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 323

Russian

Pronunciation

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Preposition

въ • (v)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of в (v).