ي

See also: ى‎ [U+0649 ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA], ی‎ [U+06CC ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH], ې‎ [U+06D0 ARABIC LETTER E], ۍ‎ [U+06CD ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH TAIL], ئ‎ [U+0626 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE], ے‎ [U+06D2 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE], and ۓ‎ [U+06D3 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE WITH HAMZA ABOVE]

ي U+064A, ي ARABIC LETTER YEH ← ى [U+0649] Arabic ◌ً → [U+064B]

ﻱ U+FEF1, ﻱ ARABIC LETTER YEH ISOLATED FORM ← ﻰ [U+FEF0] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻲ → [U+FEF2]

ﻲ U+FEF2, ﻲ ARABIC LETTER YEH FINAL FORM ← ﻱ [U+FEF1] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻳ → [U+FEF3]

ﻳ U+FEF3, ﻳ ARABIC LETTER YEH INITIAL FORM ← ﻲ [U+FEF2] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻴ → [U+FEF4]

ﻴ U+FEF4, ﻴ ARABIC LETTER YEH MEDIAL FORM ← ﻳ [U+FEF3] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻵ → [U+FEF5]

Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /jaːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/, /iː/ (in Literary Arabic)
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/, /i(ː)/, /eː/ (in Arabic dialects and loanwords)

Letter

ي / ي‍ـ‍ / ‍ـي‍ـ / ـي‎ • (yāʾ)

1. The twenty-eighth and final letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by و‎ (w).

Usage notes

• After kasra it is pronounced as a long ī IPA^(key): /iː/ or y IPA^(key): /j/ after fatḥa, ḍamma and before other vowels.
• In the final position alif maqṣūra (ألف مقصورَة‎ (“restricted alif”)) is always written without dots (ـى‎). alif maqṣūra always follows a fatḥa and is transliterated as ā; see ى‎ for its pronunciation. It is also called alif layyina (ألف لينَة‎ (“flexible alif”))
• In Egypt and Sudan, the final yāʾ is written without dots and is visually identical to alif maqṣūra.

Descendants

• Persian: ی‎

Symbol

ي / ي‍ـ‍ / ‍ـي‍ـ / ـي‎ • (yāʾ)

1. The tenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ط‎ (ṭ) and followed by ك‎ (k).

Suffix

ـِي or ـيَ or ـِيَ • (-ī or -ya or -iya) (enclitic form of أَنَا‎ (ʾanā))

1. bound object pronoun: me, my

   ‎لِـ‎ (li-, “to”) + ‎ـِي (-ī) → ‎لِي‎ (lī, “to me”)

Usage notes

أَنَا‎ (ʾanā) has four enclitic forms which are employed in different contexts and are generally not interchangeable. The enclitic forms ـنِي‎ (-nī) and ـنِيَ‎ (-niya) are attached to verbs, prepositions ending in نْ‎ (n) with no final vowel (e.g., مِنْ‎ (min) and عَنْ‎ (ʿan)), and the sisters of إِنَّ‎ (ʾinna) except لَعَلَّ‎ (laʿalla). The forms ـِي‎ (-ī) and ـيَ‎ (-ya) are used elsewhere, but in cases where ـِي‎ (-ī) would be preceded by a long vowel, only ـيَ‎ (-ya) is used.

Derived terms

► Arabic words suffixed with ي (pronoun)

Related terms

Arabic personal pronouns

Isolated nominative pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		أَنَا‎ (ʾanā)	نَحْنُ‎ (naḥnu)
2nd person	m	أَنْتَ‎ (ʾanta)	أَنْتُمَا‎ (ʾantumā)	أَنْتُمْ‎ (ʾantum)
	f	أَنْتِ‎ (ʾanti)		أَنْتُنَّ‎ (ʾantunna)
3rd person	m	هُوَ‎ (huwa)	هُمَا‎ (humā)	هُمْ‎ (hum), هُمُ‎ (humu)1
	f	هِيَ‎ (hiya)		هُنَّ‎ (hunna)
Isolated accusative pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		إِيَّايَ‎ (ʾiyyāya)	إِيَّانَا‎ (ʾiyyānā)
2nd person	m	إِيَّاكَ‎ (ʾiyyāka)	إِيَّاكُمَا‎ (ʾiyyākumā)	إِيَّاكُم‎ (ʾiyyākum)
	f	إِيَّاكِ‎ (ʾiyyāki)		إِيَّاكُنَّ‎ (ʾiyyākunna)
3rd person	m	إِيَّاهُ‎ (ʾiyyāhu)	إِيَّاهُمَا‎ (ʾiyyāhumā)	إِيَّاهُمْ‎ (ʾiyyāhum)
	f	إِيَّاهَا‎ (ʾiyyāhā)		إِيَّاهُنَّ‎ (ʾiyyāhunna)
Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		ـنِي‎ (-nī), ـي‎ (-y), ـيَ‎ (-ya)2	ـنَا‎ (-nā)
2nd person	m	ـكَ‎ (-ka)	ـكُمَا‎ (-kumā)	ـكُم‎ (-kum)
	f	ـكِ‎ (-ki)		ـكُنَّ‎ (-kunna)
3rd person	m	ـهُ‎ (-hu), ـهِ‎ (-hi)3	ـهُمَا‎ (-humā), ـهِمَا‎ (-himā)3	ـهُم‎ (-hum), ـهِم‎ (-him)3
	f	ـهَا‎ (-hā)		ـهُنَّ‎ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ‎ (-hinna)3
1. هُمْ‎ (hum) becomes هُمُ‎ (humu) before the definite article الـ‎ (al--). 2. Specifically, ـنِي‎ (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـِي‎ (-ī) or ـيَ‎ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ‎ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـِي‎ (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ‎ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي‎ (-ī) or ـيَ‎ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي‎ (ʾinnanī) or إِنِّي‎ (ʾinnī)), but the longer form (e.g. إِنَّنِي‎ (ʾinnanī)) is usually preferred. 3. ـهِـ‎ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ‎ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw).

Suffix

ـِيّ • (-iyy)

1. The nisba suffix, an extremely productive suffix used to derive adjectives (with the meaning “related to ...”) or nouns (with the meaning “person related to ...”) from other nouns: for instance, فَنِّيّ‎ (fanniyy, “artistic, artist”) derived from فَنّ‎ (fann, “art”), عِرَاقِيّ‎ (ʿirāqiyy, “Iraqi, an Iraqi”) derived from عِرَاق‎ (ʿirāq, “Iraq”).

Derived terms

► Arabic words suffixed with ي (nisba)

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا‎ (ā), ب‎ (b), ت‎ (t), ث‎ (ṯ), ج‎ (j), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (ḵ), د‎ (d), ذ‎ (ḏ), ر‎ (r), ز‎ (z), س‎ (s), ش‎ (š), ص‎ (ṣ), ض‎ (ḍ), ط‎ (ṭ), ظ‎ (ẓ), ع‎ (ʿ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك‎ (k), ل‎ (l), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ه‎ (h), و‎ (w), ي (y)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• ى‎
• ئ‎ (ʾ)
• ی‎ (Persian ye, Urdu ćho.tī yé)
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: ي
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: ى

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Kazakh

Cyrillic	И, и/Й, й (Ï, ï/Y, y)
Arabic	ي

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ja ˌʲeki noˈqat/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /əj/ (back)
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ij/, /ɘj/ (front)

Letter

ي • (transliteration needed)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter И, Й or sometimes ий, ый.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ي	ـي	ـيـ	يـ

See also

• Previous letter: ى‎

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [jɐ]
• (Phoneme, Consonant) IPA^(key): [j]
• (Phoneme, Vowel) IPA^(key): [i], [e], [ɛ]
• (Phoneme, Vowel, Closed ultima, Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): [e], [ɛ]

Letter

ي / ي‍ـ / ‍ـي‍ـ / ـي‎

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حروف‎; ا‎,‎ ب‎,‎ ت‎,‎ ث‎,‎ ج‎,‎ چ‎,‎ ح‎,‎ خ‎,‎ د‎,‎ ذ‎,‎ ر‎,‎ ز‎,‎ س‎,‎ ش‎,‎ ص‎,‎ ض‎,‎ ط‎,‎ ظ‎,‎ ع‎,‎ غ‎,‎ ڠ‎,‎ ف‎,‎ ڤ‎,‎ ق‎,‎ ک‎,‎ ݢ‎,‎ ل‎,‎ م‎,‎ ن‎,‎ و‎,‎ ۏ‎,‎ ه‎,‎ ء‎,‎ ي‎,‎ ى‎,‎ ڽ‎ ^[edit]

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Mozarabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Etymology

From Latin ibī (“there”). Compare French y, Catalan hi and Old Spanish y

Adverb

ي (ī)

1. in this place, here

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Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈklaka je/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/, /i/

Letter

ي • (klaka ye)

1. The forty-first letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ي	ـي	ـيـ	يـ

See also

• Previous letter: ۀ‎
• Next letter: ې‎

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Uyghur

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /je/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

ي • (ye)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ي	ـي	ـيـ	يـ

See also

• Previous letter: ئى‎ (i)