і

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Translingual [edit]

Character  і 
Unicode name CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER BYELORUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN I
Cyrillic U+0456

Symbol [edit]

і

  1. The tenth letter of the Belarusian Cyrillic alphabet representing /i/
  2. The twelfth letter of the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet representing /i/

See also [edit]

  • Ї
  • И
  • і
  • Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with I

Russian [edit]

Russian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia ru

Letter [edit]

і (lower case, upper case І)

  1. (obsolete) Letter dotted i (Cyrillic) (in Russian: и десятеричное (i desjateríčnojen "i decimal". Replaced by the letter И in the spelling reform of 1917.

Ukrainian [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *ei, an early locative singular determiner, formed from the root *h₁e-, *h₁o-. Compare Greek εἰ (if), Gothic 𐌴𐌹 (ei, and, so that, be it). Follows from ablative Proto-Indo-European *ed.

Pronunciation [edit]

Conjunction [edit]

і

  1. and, also, even
Synonyms [edit]

Particle [edit]

і

  1. Augmentative particle, even, and.

Etymology 2 [edit]

Primal interjection in response to pain, fear, surprise. Common to many languages.

Pronunciation [edit]

Interjection [edit]

і

  1. expressing pain, fear, surprise, joy, disappointment, anger, hatred, etc.

Etymology 3 [edit]

Noun [edit]

і  (i) n

  1. The Cyrillic letter і and its name, the twelfth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, representing the sound /i/.
  2. The Latin letter i and its name.

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