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И

И

И U+0418, И
CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER I
← З
[U+0417] 		Cyrillic Й →
[U+0419]
See also: и, ӣ, й, Ӣ, and Й

Translingual

Letter

И upper case (lower case и)

  1. A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • I (Serbo-Croatian Latin/Roman alphabet)

Letter

И ‎(upper case, lower case и)

  1. The tenth letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter З (Z) and is followed by the letter Ј (J).

Tajik

Letter

И • ‎(I) ‎(upper case, lower case и)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Tajik Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter З ‎(Z) (Ze) and is followed by the letter Ӣ ‎(Ī) (Ī).

и

и

и U+0438, и
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER I
← з
[U+0437] 		Cyrillic й →
[U+0439]
See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"

Adyghe

Numeral

и • ‎(i)

  1. eight

Azeri

Cyrillic letter И и (И и), normal above, italics below.
Handwritten forms

Letter

и ‎(lowercase, uppercase и) (italics: И, и)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Cyrillic alphabet as formerly used for Azeri, preceded by З and followed by Ы, and representing /ɪ/. Since 1991, this sound has been written İ.

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i/

Conjunction

и • ‎(i)

  1. and (used to connect two homogeneous similar words or phrases)
    Момчета и момичета излизат да играят.‎ ― Momčeta i momičeta izlizat da igrajat. ― Boys and girls come out to play.
  2. and (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item)
    хляб, масло и сирене‎ ― hljab, maslo i sirene ― bread, butter and cheese
  3. and (used to join sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order)
    Поправих стола и той отново се счупи.‎ ― Popravih stola i toj otnovo se sčupi. ― I mended the chair and it broke again.
  4. and (used to indicate causation)
    Още веднъж ме попитай за определението на “и” и ще изкрещя.‎ ― Ošte vednǎž me popitaj za opredelenieto na “i” i šte izkreštja. ― Ask me the definition of “and” again and I’ll scream.
  5. and (used to ask for elaboration)
    A: Нямам ключ. B: И... A: И ми трябва, за да вляза.‎ ― A: Njamam ključ. B: I... A: I mi trjabva, za da vljaza. ― A: I don't have a key. B: And... A: And I need one to get in.
  6. also, too, likewise, as well
    И аз няма да бъда там‎ ― I az njama da bǎda tam ― I shan't be there either
    И аз ще бъда там‎ ― I az šte bǎda tam ― I shall be there, too./I shall also be there.
    и двамата‎ ― i dvamata ― both
  7. even (implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)
    Не съм го и видял.‎ ― Ne sǎm go i vidjal. ― I haven't even seen him.
  8. just, exactly, precisely
    Така и предполагах.‎ ― Taka i predpolagah. ― Just as I suspected.
  9. (mathematics) and, plus (used to indicate addition)
    Пет и шест е единадесет.‎ ― Pet i šest e edinadeset. ― Five and six is eleven.

Synonyms

See also

  • ѝ ‎(ì)

Chechen

Conjunction

и • ‎(i)

  1. and

See also

  • а ‎(a)

Itelmen

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *'iv

Noun

и ‎(i)

  1. water

Macedonian

Conjunction

и • ‎(i)

  1. and
  2. both
    И рацете и нозете ти се изгребани.‎
    I racete i nozete ti se izgrebani.
    Both your arms and your legs are scratched.

Particle

и • ‎(i)

  1. too, also

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *i.

Conjunction

и • ‎(i)

  1. and

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *jь.

Pronoun

и • ‎(ji) m

  1. him (* no nominative singular or plural; use тъ or онъ for the nominative)
Declension
Singular Dual Plural
nominative *и ꙗ *и
genitive ѥго ѥю ихъ
dative ѥмоу има имъ
accusative и ꙗ ѩ
instrumental имь има ими
locative ѥмь ѥю ихъ
Related terms
  • ѥ ‎(je)
  • ѭ ‎(jǫ)
See also

Old East Slavic

Conjunction

и ‎(i)

  1. and

Ossetian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /i/

Letter

и • ‎(i) ‎(upper case И)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Ossetian alphabet.

See also

  • (Cyrillic script letters) А ‎(A) а ‎(a), Ӕ ‎(Æ) ӕ ‎(æ), Б ‎(B) б ‎(b), В ‎(V) в ‎(v), Г ‎(G) г ‎(g), Гъ ‎(Ǧ) гъ ‎(ǧ), Д ‎(D) д ‎(d), Дж ‎(Ǵ) дж ‎(ǵ), Дз ‎(Ʒ) дз ‎(ʒ), Е ‎(E) е ‎(e), З ‎(Z) з ‎(z), И ‎(I) и ‎(i), Й ‎(J) й ‎(j), К ‎(K) к ‎(k), Къ ‎(K’) къ ‎(k’), Л ‎(L) л ‎(l), М ‎(M) м ‎(m), Н ‎(N) н ‎(n), О ‎(O) о ‎(o), П ‎(P) п ‎(p), Пъ ‎(P’) пъ ‎(p’), Р ‎(R) р ‎(r), С ‎(S) с ‎(s), Т ‎(T) т ‎(t), Тъ ‎(Tʺ) тъ ‎(t’), У ‎(U) у ‎(u), Ф ‎(F) ф ‎(f), Х ‎(X) х ‎(x), Хъ ‎(Q) хъ ‎(q), Ц ‎(C) ц ‎(c), Цъ ‎(C’) цъ ‎(c’), Ч ‎(Ḱ) ч ‎(ḱ), Чъ ‎(Ḱ’) чъ ‎(ḱ’), Ы ‎(Y) ы ‎(y)

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [i]

Etymology 1

Letter

и • ‎(i) ‎(lower case, upper case И) (italics: И, и)

  1. The tenth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is и ‎(i) and is usually pronounced /i/, but unstressed or after certain consonants it merges with ы into /ɪ/. It is preceded by З ‎(Z) and followed by Й ‎(J).
See also

Noun

и • ‎(i) n inan ‎(indeclinable)

  1. The Cyrillic letter И ‎(I), и ‎(i).
  2. (Roman letter) I, i
  3. (English letter) E, e

Etymology 2

Conjunction

и • ‎(i)

  1. and
    Вот я́блоко и гру́ша.‎
    Vot jábloko i grúša.
    Here’s an apple and a pear.
  2. as well as, both ... and ...
    Росси́и нужны́ и а́рмия, и фло́т.‎
    Rossíi nužný i ármija, i flót.
    Russia needs an army as well as a navy.
  3. even
    Бою́сь дана́йцев и дары́ принося́щих‎
    Bojúsʹ danájcev i darý prinosjáščix
    I fear the Danaans [Greeks], even those bearing gifts.
Synonyms
  • (and): а ‎(a)

Etymology 3

Particle

и • ‎(i)

  1. (preceding a verb) Emphasizes the truth of the following verb. Note that "есть ‎(jestʹ)" is also used, which is usually omitted.
    Он так и де́лает.‎
    On tak i délajet.
    He does do it that way.
    Она́ и пошла́ туда́.‎
    Oná i pošlá tudá.
    She did go there.
    Оно́ и есть тако́е.‎
    Onó i jestʹ takóje.
    It is like that.
    Я и есть тот челове́к.‎
    Ja i jestʹ tot čelovék.
    I am that person.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /i/

Letter

и ‎(Latin spelling i)

  1. The 10th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet, preceded by з and followed by ј.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i/

Conjunction

и ‎(Latin spelling i)

  1. and
    Ивица и Марица се воле‎ ― Ivica and Marica love each other.
    и тако даље‎ ― and so on
  2. (и..и..) both..and..
    не можеш истовремено и тужити и судити.‎ ― you can't simultaneously both sue and judge
  3. also, too
    и мени се свиђа ваш одабир‎ ― I like your choice too
  4. even (usually preceded by ча̏к)
    (чак) и ја сам позван на забаву!‎ ― even I have been invited to the party
  5. (не са̏мо .. не̏го/ве̏ћ и...) also, too
    он је не само даровит, него и јако марљив‎ ― he is not only talented, but also very industrious
  6. so, so that (= те, па)
    уморио сам се и нисам могао више играти кошарку‎ ― I grew tired, so I couldn't play basketball anymore

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jə]

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