Bashkir

Noun

туй • ‎(tuy)

1. wedding, marriage ceremony

   Туй күлдәге.‎

   Tuy küldäge.

   Wedding dress.

2. feast, banquet

Declension

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪uj/

Pronoun

туй • ‎(tuj) n ‎(demonstrative)

1. (regional, nonstandard or poetic) alternative form of това ‎(tova) (the neuter singular of този ‎(tozi)); this, this one, that, that one, the one, it

   Туй вино идва от Франция.‎

   Tuj vino idva ot Francija.

   This wine comes from France.

   Какво е туй?‎

   Kakvo e tuj?

   What's this/that?

   После съжаляваше за туй, което беше казала.‎

   Posle sǎžaljavaše za tuj, koeto beše kazala.

   Afterwards she was sorry for what she’d said.

Usage notes

Туй and the other shortened demonstrative pronouns (тоз, таз, тез, оназ, онуй, онез) are used in the Eastern Bulgarian dialects and are not considered standard. They can also be found in poetry (see quotations) where the number of syllables is important and these pronouns are one syllable shorter than their corresponding standard forms.

Quotations

• 1867, Hristo Botev, “To My Mother”, Gayda (newspaper):

  […] та туй сърце младо, таз душа страдна / да се оплачат тебе горкана...

  ta tuj sǎrce mlado, taz duša stradna / da se oplačat tebe gorkana...

  "So this young heart, this suffering soul / Might seek your solace, poor wretch..."

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