у

Character	у
Unicode name	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U
Cyrillic	U+0443

See also y, ყ, and Appendix:Variations of "y"

Belarusian

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

Handwritten forms

Preposition

у (u)

1. in

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Mari

Etymology

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric *wuδe as Finnish uusi, Estonian uus, Northern Sámi ođđa, and Hungarian új.

Adjective

у (u)

1. new

Antonyms

• (new) тошто

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [u]

Letter

у (lower case, upper case У)

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

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Cyrillic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: У, у

Noun

Wikipedia ^ru

у • (u) m (indeclinable)

1. Wu (language)

Preposition

у (u, + genitive case)

1. at, by, near

   у окна (u okná) — at the window

   Отец у сына (otéts u sýna) — The father is at his son’s (house).

2. in the possession of

   У вас есть карандаш? (u vas jest’ karandáš) — Do you have a pencil?

   У вас карандаш? (u vas karandáš) — Do you have the pencil?

   У меня нет карандаша. (u menjá net karandašá) — I don’t have a pencil.

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /u/

• audio

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Preposition

у (Roman 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