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І

І

І U+0406, І
CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER BYELORUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN I
Ѕ
[U+0405]
Cyrillic Ї
[U+0407]
See also: і, ї, Ї, and Appendix:Variations of "i"

Translingual

Letter

І upper case (lower case і)

  1. a letter in several Cyrillic alphabets

Ukrainian

Letter

І (I) (upper case, lower case і)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet representing /i/.

і

і

і U+0456, і
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER BYELORUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN I
ѕ
[U+0455]
Cyrillic ї
[U+0457]
See also: І, ї, Ї, and Appendix:Variations of "i"

Translingual

Symbol

і

  1. The tenth letter of the Belarusian Cyrillic alphabet representing /i/
  2. The twelfth letter of the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet representing /i/

See also

  • Ї
  • И
  • Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with I

Belarusian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *ei, an early locative singular determiner, formed from the root *h₁e-, *h₁o-. Compare Greek εἰ (eἰ, if), Gothic 𐌴𐌹 (ei, and, so that, be it). Follows from ablative Proto-Indo-European *ed.

Conjunction

і (i)

  1. and
Synonyms
  • ды (dy)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /i/

Letter

і (i) (upper case І)

  1. The tenth letter of the Belarusian alphabet

See also

  • (Cyrillic script letters) А (A) а (a), Б (B) б (b), В (V) в (v), Г (H) г (h), Д (D) д (d), Е (Je) е (je), Ё () ё (), Ж (Ž) ж (ž), З (Z) з (z), І (I) і (i), Й (J) й (j), К (K) к (k), Л (L) л (l), М (M) м (m), Н (N) н (n), О (O) о (o), П (P) п (p), Р (R) р (r), С (S) с (s), Т (T) т (t), У (U) у (u), Ў (Ŭ) ў (ŭ), Ф (F) ф (f), Х (X) х (x), Ц (C) ц (c), Ч (Č) ч (č), Ш (Š) ш (š), Ы (Y) ы (y), Ь (ʹ) ь (ʹ), Э (E) э (e), Ю (Ju) ю (ju), Я (Ja) я (ja)

Kazakh

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /j/

Letter

і (i) (upper case І)

  1. The thirty-eighth letter of the Kazakh alphabet

See also

  • (Cyrillic script letters) А (A) а (a), Ә (Ä) ә (ä), Б (B) б (b), В (V) в (v), Г (G) г (g), Ғ (Ğ) ғ (ğ), Д (D) д (d), Е (E) е (e), Ё (Yo) ё (yo), Ж (J) ж (j), З (Z) з (z), И (Ï) и (ï), Й (Y) й (y), К (K) к (k), Қ (Q) қ (q), Л (L) л (l), М (M) м (m), Н (N) н (n), Ң (Ñ) ң (ñ), О (O) о (o), Ө (Ö) ө (ö), П (P) п (p), Р (R) р (r), С (S) с (s), Т (T) т (t), У (W) у (w), Ұ (U) ұ (u), Ү (Ü) ү (ü), Ф (F) ф (f), Х (X) х (x), Һ (H) һ (h), Ц (C) ц (c), Ч (Ç) ч (ç), Ш (Ş) ш (ş), Щ (Şş) щ (şş), Ъ (ʺ) ъ (ʺ), Ы (I) ы (ı), І (İ) і (i), Ь (ʹ) ь (ʹ), Э (É) э (é), Ю (Yw) ю (yw), Я (Ya) я (ya)

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [i]

Letter

і (i) (lower case, upper case І)

  1. (obsolete) Letter dotted i (Cyrillic) (in Russian: и десятери́чное n (i desjateríčnoje, i decimal). Replaced by the letter И (I) in the spelling reform of 1917.

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈi]

Etymology 1

Letter

і (i) (lower case, upper case І)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by И (Y) and followed by Ї (Ji).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *ei, an early locative singular determiner, formed from the root *h₁e-, *h₁o-. Compare Greek εἰ (eἰ, if), Gothic 𐌴𐌹 (ei, and, so that, be it). Follows from ablative Proto-Indo-European *ed.

Conjunction

і (i)

  1. and, also, even
Synonyms
  • й (j) (used after vowels)
  • та (ta)

Particle

і (i)

  1. Augmentative particle, even, and.

Etymology 3

Primal interjection in response to pain, fear, surprise. Common to many languages.

Interjection

і (i)

  1. expressing pain, fear, surprise, joy, disappointment, anger, hatred, etc.

References

  • Melʹnyčuk O. S., editor (1982–2012), і”, in Etymolohičnyj slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kiev: Naukova Dumka
  • Латинська абетка on the Ukrainian Wikipedia.Wikipedia uk
  • (Cyrillic script letters) А (A) а (a), Б (B) б (b), В (V) в (v), Г (H) г (h), Ґ (G) ґ (g), Д (D) д (d), Е (E) е (e), Є (Je) є (je), Ж (Ž) ж (ž), З (Z) з (z), И (Y) и (y), І (I) і (i), Ї (Ji) ї (ji), Й (J) й (j), К (K) к (k), Л (L) л (l), М (M) м (m), Н (N) н (n), О (O) о (o), П (P) п (p), Р (R) р (r), С (S) с (s), Т (T) т (t), У (U) у (u), Ф (F) ф (f), Х (X) х (x), Ц (C) ц (c), Ч (Č) ч (č), Ш (Š) ш (š), Щ (Šč) щ (šč), Ь (ʹ) ь (ʹ), Ю (Ju) ю (ju), Я (Ja) я (ja)