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Serbo-Croatian
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Alternative forms
- U (Serbo-Croatian Latin/Roman alphabet)
Letter
У (upper case, lower case у)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Ћ (Ć) and is followed by the letter Ф (F).
See also
- (Cyrillic script letters) Аа, Бб, Вв, Гг, Дд, Ђђ, Ее, Жж, Зз, Ии, Јј, Кк, Лл, Љљ, Мм, Нн, Њњ, Оо, Пп, Рр, Сс, Тт, Ћћ, Уу, Фф, Хх, Цц, Чч, Џџ, Шш
Tajik
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Letter
У • (U) (upper case, lower case у)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Tajik Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Т (T) (Se) and is followed by the letter Ӯ (Ü) (Ü).
See also
- (Cyrillic script letters) А (A) а (a), Б (B) б (b), В (V) в (v), Г (G) г (g), Ғ (Ġ) ғ (ġ), Д (D) д (d), Е (E) е (e), Ё (Yo) ё (yo), Ж (Ž) ж (ž), З (Z) з (z), И (I) и (i), Ӣ (Ī) ӣ (ī), Й (Y) й (y), К (K) к (k), Қ (Q) қ (q), Л (L) л (l), М (M) м (m), Н (N) н (n), О (O) о (o), П (P) п (p), Р (R) р (r), С (S) с (s), Т (T) т (t), У (U) у (u), Ӯ (Ü) ӯ (ü), Ф (F) ф (f), Х (X) х (x), Ҳ (H) ҳ (h), Ч (Č) ч (č), Ҷ (J) ҷ (j), Ш (Š) ш (š), Ъ (ʾ) ъ (ʾ), Э (E) э (e), Ю (Yu) ю (yu), Я (Ya) я (ya)
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Belarusian
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Cyrillic letter У у
(У у), normal above, italics below.
(У у), normal above, italics below.
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Handwritten forms
Alternative forms
- ў (ŭ) (after vowels)
Preposition
у • (u)
- in (+ locative case)
Usage notes
- The form у (u) and ў (ŭ) are used interchangeably and are considered the same word but are different in spelling and pronunciation. Like other Belarusian words, words starting with "у" + consonant are used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause, words starting with "ў" + consonant are used after vowels.
Eastern Mari
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *wuδe. Cognates include Finnish uusi, Estonian uus, Northern Sámi ođas, and Hungarian új.
Adjective
у • (u)
Antonyms
- (new) тошто (tošto)
Ossetian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /u/, /w/
Letter
у • (u) (upper case У)
- The twenty-sixth letter of the Ossetian alphabet
See also
- (Cyrillic script letters) А (A) а (a), Ӕ (Æ) ӕ (æ), Б (B) б (b), В (V) в (v), Г (G) г (g), Гъ (Ǧ) гъ (ǧ), Д (D) д (d), Дж (Ǵ) дж (ǵ), Дз (Ʒ) дз (ʒ), Е (E) е (e), З (Z) з (z), И (I) и (i), Й (J) й (j), К (K) к (k), Къ (K’) къ (k’), Л (L) л (l), М (M) м (m), Н (N) н (n), О (O) о (o), П (P) п (p), Пъ (P’) пъ (p’), Р (R) р (r), С (S) с (s), Т (T) т (t), Тъ (Tʺ) тъ (t’), У (U) у (u), Ф (F) ф (f), Х (X) х (x), Хъ (Q) хъ (q), Ц (C) ц (c), Цъ (C’) цъ (c’), Ч (Ḱ) ч (ḱ), Чъ (Ḱ’) чъ (ḱ’), Ы (Y) ы (y)
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [u]
Etymology 1
Letter
у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)
- The twenty-first letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is у (u) and it has the sound of English oo in soon. It is preceded by Т (T) and followed by Ф (F).
- Roman letter U, u
See also
- Wikipedia article on the Cyrillic alphabet
- Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: У, у
Noun
у • (u) n inan (indeclinable)
Etymology 2
Noun
у • (u) m inan (indeclinable)
- Wu (language)
Etymology 3
Preposition
у • (u) (+ genitive case)
- at, by, near
- у окна́ ― u okná ― at the window
- Оте́ц у сы́на ― Otéc u sýna ― The father is at his son’s (house).
- in the possession of (used to express "to have")
- У вас есть каранда́ш? ― U vas jestʹ karandáš? ― Do you have a pencil?
- У меня́ нет карандаша́. ― U menjá net karandašá. ― I don’t have a pencil.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u/
Preposition
у (Latin spelling u)
- (with locative) in, at (without change of position, answering the question гдје̏/где̏)
- бити у школи — to be in the school
- у ц(иј)елом друштву — in the whole society
- (with accusative) to, into (with change of position, answering the question ку̀да)
- ићи у школу — to go to school
- путовати у Америку — to travel to America
- (with accusative) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)
- у подне — at noon
- у ср(иј)еду — on Wednesday
- у зору — at dawn
- У колико сати? — At what time?
- (with locative) in, during (in expressions concerning time)
- у једном дану — in one day
- у младости — during one's youth