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Jy

Jy

See also: jy, j'y, and jy.

Translingual

Abbreviation

Jy

(physics) jansky

jy

jy

See also: Jy, j'y, and jy.

English

Noun

jy

(obsolete, dialect) The letter J.

Derived terms

jay in the UK and North America.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch jij.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /j‌əi/

Pronoun

jy ‎(object jou, possessive jou)

you (singular, subject)

See also

Afrikaans personal pronouns

		subjective	objective	possessive
singular	1st	ek	my	my
	2nd	jy	jou	jou
	2nd, formal	u		u
	3rd, masc	hy	hom	sy
	3rd, fem	sy	haar	haar
	3rd, neut	dit		sy
plural	1st	ons		ons
	2nd	julle		julle / jul¹
	3rd	hulle		hulle / hul¹
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

Cornish

Noun

jy

Soft mutation of chy.

Lojban

Alternative forms

jy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒə/

Cmavo

jy ‎(selma'o BY2 BY2)

letteral for j