ва́йя
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nounfeminineinanimateuncountable
- 1.
(rare) palm branch, palm frondreligion
Наро́д встреча́л его с ва́йями в рука́х.
The people met him with palm branches in their hands.
Archaic and Church Slavonic; mostly in the plural (вайи), as in the palm branches of Palm Sunday.
- 2.
(rare) frond, fern leafbotany
Молода́я ва́йя па́поротника ме́дленно разверну́лась.
The young fern frond slowly unfurled.
Bookish term for the large divided leaf of a fern or palm.
Examples
На стене висела зелёная вайя папоротника.
A green fern frond was hanging on the wall.
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom.Nominative | ва́йя | ва́йи |
| Gen.Genitive | ва́йи | ва́ий |
| Dat.Dative | ва́йе | ва́йям |
| Acc.Accusative | ва́йю | ва́йи |
| Inst.Instrumental | ва́йей ва́йею | ва́йями |
| Prep.Prepositional | ва́йе | ва́йях |
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