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У

У

У U+0423, У
CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER U
Т
[U+0422]
Cyrillic Ф
[U+0424]
See also: у, Ӯ, Y, Appendix:Variations of "u", and Appendix:Variations of "y"

Translingual

Letter

У upper case (lower case у)

  1. A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • U (Serbo-Croatian Latin/Roman alphabet)

Letter

У (upper case, lower case у)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Ћ (Ć) and is followed by the letter Ф (F).

See also


Tajik

Letter

У (U) (upper case, lower case у)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Tajik Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Т (T) (Se) and is followed by the letter Ӯ (Ü) (Ü).

See also

  • (Cyrillic script letters) А (A) а (a), Б (B) б (b), В (V) в (v), Г (G) г (g), Ғ (Ġ) ғ (ġ), Д (D) д (d), Е (E) е (e), Ё (Yo) ё (yo), Ж (Ž) ж (ž), З (Z) з (z), И (I) и (i), Ӣ (Ī) ӣ (ī), Й (Y) й (y), К (K) к (k), Қ (Q) қ (q), 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), Ӯ (Ü) ӯ (ü), Ф (F) ф (f), Х (X) х (x), Ҳ (H) ҳ (h), Ч (Č) ч (č), Ҷ (J) ҷ (j), Ш (Š) ш (š), Ъ (ʾ) ъ (ʾ), Э (E) э (e), Ю (Yu) ю (yu), Я (Ya) я (ya)

у

у

у U+0443, у
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U
т
[U+0442]
Cyrillic ф
[U+0444]
See also: y, , and Appendix:Variations of "y"

Belarusian

Cyrillic letter У у
(У у), normal above, italics below.
Handwritten forms

Alternative forms

  • ў (ŭ) (after vowels)

Preposition

у (u)

  1. in (+ locative case)

Usage notes

  • The form у (u) and ў (ŭ) are used interchangeably and are considered the same word but are different in spelling and pronunciation. Like other Belarusian words, words starting with "у" + consonant are used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause, words starting with "ў" + consonant are used after vowels.

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *wuδe. Cognates include Finnish uusi, Estonian uus, Northern Sámi ođas, and Hungarian új.

Adjective

у (u)

  1. new

Antonyms

  • (new) тошто (tošto)

Macedonian

Preposition

  1. Non-standard form of во

Ossetian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /u/, /w/

Letter

у (u) (upper case У)

  1. The twenty-sixth 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 () 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 () ч (), Чъ (Ḱ’) чъ (ḱ’), Ы (Y) ы (y)

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [u]

Etymology 1

Letter

у (u) (lower case, upper case У)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is у (u) and it has the sound of English oo in soon. It is preceded by Т (T) and followed by Ф (F).
  2. Roman letter U, u
See also

Noun

у (u) n inan (indeclinable)

  1. The Cyrillic letter У (U), у (u).

Etymology 2

Noun

у (u) m inan (indeclinable)

  1. Wu (language)

Etymology 3

Preposition

у (u) (+ genitive case)

  1. at, by, near
    у окна́u okná ― at the window
    Оте́ц у сы́наOtéc u sýna ― The father is at his son’s (house).
  2. in the possession of (used to express "to have")
    У вас есть каранда́ш?U vas jestʹ karandáš? ― Do you have a pencil?
    У меня́ нет карандаша́.U menjá net karandašá. ― I don’t have a pencil.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u/

Preposition

у (Latin spelling u)

  1. (with locative) in, at (without change of position, answering the question гдје̏/где̏)
    бити у школи — to be in the school
    у ц(иј)елом друштву — in the whole society
  2. (with accusative) to, into (with change of position, answering the question ку̀да)
    ићи у школу — to go to school
    путовати у Америку — to travel to America
  3. (with accusative) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)
    у подне — at noon
    у ср(иј)еду — on Wednesday
    у зору — at dawn
    У колико сати? — At what time?
  4. (with locative) in, during (in expressions concerning time)
    у једном дану — in one day
    у младости — during one's youth