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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.

See also Appendix:Variations of "i"

Russian

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.

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?

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Cyrillic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: Ы, ы
• Close central unrounded vowel /ɨ/ in Wikipedia