і

See also: І, ї, Ї, and 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
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with I

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Belarusian

Etymology 1

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

Conjunction

і • (i)

1. and

Synonyms

• ды (dy)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

і • (i) (upper case І)

1. The tenth letter of the Belarusian alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, І і, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ў ў, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ٸ
Cyrillic	і
Latin	ı
Yañalif	j

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

і • (ı) (lower case, upper case І)

1. The thirty-eighth letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ә ә, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ұ ұ, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, І і, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

Letter

і • (i) (lower case, upper case І)

1. (obsolete) Letter dotted i (Cyrillic) (in Russian: и десятери́чное n (i desjateríčnoje, “i decimal”). Replaced by the letter И (I) in the spelling reform of 1917.

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Rusyn

Etymology 1

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

Conjunction

і • (i)

1. and

Synonyms

• а (a)

Letter

і • (i) (upper case І)

1. The twelfth letter of the Rusyn alphabet

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

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Etymology 1

Letter

і • (i) (lower case, upper case І)

1. The twelfth letter of the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by И (Y) and followed by Ї (Ji).

Etymology 2

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

Conjunction

і • (i)

1. and, also, even

Synonyms

• й (j) (used after vowels)
• та (ta)

Particle

і • (i)

1. Augmentative particle, even, and.

Etymology 3

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

Interjection

і • (i)

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

References

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “і”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Латинська абетка on the Ukrainian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^uk
• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, І і, Ї ї, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я