і

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

See also Appendix:Variations of "i"

Translingual

Symbol

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

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

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Russian

Wikipedia ^ru

Letter

і (lower case, upper case І)

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

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Ukrainian

Etymology 1

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

• IPA: /i/

Conjunction

і

1. and, also, even

Synonyms

• й (used after vowels)
• та

Particle

і

1. Augmentative particle, even, and.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /i/

Interjection

і

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

Etymology 3

Noun

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.

References

• “і” in Etymolohichnyĭ Slovnyk Ukraïns′koï Movy (Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language), O.S. Mel′nychuk, 1982–2006.
• Латинська абетка on the Ukrainian Wikipedia.uk.Wikipedia:Латинська абетка