ы

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Cyrillic letter Ы ы
Handwritten forms
Character  ы 
Unicode name CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YERU
Cyrillic U+044B
(Ы ы), normal above, italics below.

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[edit] Russian

[edit] Etymology

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[edit] Letter

ы (lower case, upper case Ы)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is ы (ɨ) or еры (jɛrɨˊ) (obsolete) and it is a vowel that is somewhat like the i in bill with the tongue retracted. It is preceded by Ъ and followed by Ь in the Russian alphabet.

[edit] Interjection

ы (Ы)

  1. (Internet slang) lol, used to express laughter. Usually used as "ы-ы-ы", to show the crying sound you make after you were laughing for too long.
  2. (Internet slang) ы? as a closing clause: Understand? Agree?

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