и

Character	и
Unicode name	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER I
Cyrillic	U+0438

See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"

Adyghe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jə]

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Numeral

и • (i)

1. eight

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Azeri

Cyrillic letter И и (И и), normal above, italics below.

Handwritten forms

Letter

и (lowercase, uppercase и) (italics: И, и)

1. The eleventh letter of the Cyrillic alphabet as formerly used for Azeri, preceded by З and followed by Ы, and representing /ɪ/. Since 1991, this sound has been written İ.

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Conjunction

и • (i)

1. and (used to connect two homogeneous similar words or phrases)

   Момчета и момичета излизат да играят. - Boys and girls come out to play.

2. and (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item)

   хляб, масло и сирене - bread, butter and cheese

3. and (used to join sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order)

   Поправих стола и той отново се счупи. - I mended the chair and it broke again.

4. and (used to indicate causation)

   Още веднъж ме попитай за определението на “и” и ще изкрещя. - Ask me the definition of “and” again and I’ll scream.

5. and (used to ask for elaboration)

   A: Нямам ключ. B: И... A: И ми трябва, за да вляза. - A: I don't have a key. B: And... A: And I need one to get in.

6. also, too, likewise, as well

   И аз няма да бъда там - I shan't be there either

   И аз ще бъда там - I shall be there, too./I shall also be there.

   и двамата - both

7. even (implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)

   Не съм го и видял. - I haven't even seen him.

8. just, exactly, precisely

   Така и предполагах. - Just as I suspected.

9. (mathematics) and, plus (used to indicate addition)

   Пет и шест е единадесет. - Five and six is eleven.

Synonyms

• (also): също
• (even): дори
• (exactly): именно

See also

• ѝ

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Chechen

Conjunction

и • (i)

1. and

See also

• а (a)

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Itelmen

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *'iv

Noun

и

1. water

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Macedonian

Conjunction

и

1. and

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *i.

Conjunction

и • (i)

1. and

Descendants

• Bulgarian: и (i)
• Czech: i
• Macedonian: и (i)
• Polish: i
• Russian: и (i)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: и

  Roman: i

• Slovak: i
• Slovene: in
• Ukrainian й (j)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *jь.

Pronoun

и • (ji) m

1. him (* no nominative singular or plural; use тъ or онъ for the nominative)

Declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
nominative	*и	ꙗ	*и
genitive	єго	єю	ихъ
dative	ємѹ	има	имъ
accusative	и	ꙗ	ѧ
instrumental	имь	има	ими
locative	ємь	єю	ихъ

Related terms

• є (e)
• ѭ (jǫ)

See also

• онъ (onŭ)
• она (ona)
• оно (ono)

Descendants

• Czech: on
• Polish: on
• Russian: он (on)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̑н

  Roman: ȏn

• Slovak: on
• Slovene: on

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Russian

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [i]

Letter

и • (i) (lower case, upper case И) (italics: И, и)

1. The tenth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is и (i) and is usually pronounced /i/, but unstressed or after certain consonants it merges with ы into /ɪ/. It is preceded by З and followed by Й.

See also

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

Conjunction

и • (i)

1. and

   Вот я́блоко и гру́ша — Here’s an apple and a pear.

   Росси́и нужны́ и а́рмия, и фло́т — Russia needs an army as well as a navy

2. even though

   Бою́сь дана́йцев и дары́ принося́щих — I fear the Greeks (Danites) even though they bear gifts.

Synonyms

• (and): а

Particle

и • (i)

1. (preceding a verb) do (emphasizes the truth of the following verb).

   Он так и делает.

   On tak i délajet.

   He does do it that way.

   Она и пошла туда.

   Oná i pošlá tudá.

   She did go there.

   Оно и есть такое.

   Onó i jest' takóje.

   It is like that.

Noun

и (i) n (indeclinable)

1. The Cyrillic letter И, и.
2. (Roman letter) I, i
3. (English letter) E, e

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

и (Latin spelling i)

1. The 10th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet, preceded by з and followed by ј.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

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Conjunction

и (Latin spelling i)

1. and

   Ивица и Марица се воле — Ivica and Marica love each other.

   и тако даље — and so on

2. (и..и..) both..and..

   не можеш истовремено и тужити и судити. — you can't simultaneously both sue and judge

3. also, too

   и мени се свиђа ваш одабир — I like your choice too

4. even (usually preceded by ча̏к)

   (чак) и ја сам позван на забаву! — even I have been invited to the party

5. (не са̏мо .. не̏го/ве̏ћ и...) also, too

   он је не само даровит, него и јако марљив — he is not only talented, but also very industrious

6. so, so that (= те, па)

   уморио сам се и нисам могао више играти кошарку — I grew tired, so I couldn't play basketball anymore