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Translingual uredi
y (upper case Y)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the osnovni moderni Latinski alfabet.
Letter uredi
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- (Latinski tekst): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter Y): Ýý Ỳỳ Ŷŷ ẙ Ÿÿ Ỹỹ Ẏẏ Ȳȳ Ỷỷ Ỵỵ Ɏɏ Ƴƴ ʏ Yy Ꝡꝡ
Pronunciation uredi
IPA (file)
Symbol uredi
y
- (metrology) Symbol for the prefix yocto-.
- (IPA) close front rounded vowel
- Denoting an item that is twenty-fifth in a list.
Gallery uredi
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Capital and lowercase versions of Y, in normal and italic type
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Uppercase and lowercase Y in Fraktur
See also uredi
Other representations of Y:
English uredi
Pronunciation uredi
- (letter name): MFA(ključ): /ˈwaɪ/
Audio (GA) (file) - (phoneme): MFA(ključ): /i/, /ɪ/, /aɪ/, /ə/, /j/
- Homophones: why, Wye, wye
Letter uredi
y (lower case, upper case Y, plural y's)
- The letter of the Engleski alphabet, called wye i pisana u Latinski tekst.
Usage notes uredi
See also uredi
- (Latin-tekst slova) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
- Historically, this letter was sometimes used to approximate þ, as in yt and ye (which see for more).
Noun uredi
y
- Skraćenica od year.
- 2003, Howard Tanner, Sonia Jones, Becoming a Successful Teacher of Mathematics
- Consider the following questions selected from the tests and estimate the proportion of Y8 pupils you would expect to answer correctly.
- 2003, Howard Tanner, Sonia Jones, Becoming a Successful Teacher of Mathematics
- (UK, television) Skraćenica od youth., usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked.
- Y7
- (computing) Skraćenica od yes.
Adverb uredi
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- (slang, text messaging, Internet slang) Skraćenica od why.
Derived terms uredi
See also uredi
Aragonese uredi
Etymology uredi
From Latinski et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.
Conjunction uredi
y
Asturian uredi
Etymology uredi
From Latinski et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.
Conjunction uredi
y
Pronoun uredi
y (y (or -y), plural ys/yos or -ys/-yos)
- Pronoun for the third-person singular indirect object.
- da-y pan
- give him/her bread
Usage notes uredi
- Usually seen as -y
Azerbaijani uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Letter uredi
y lower case (upper case Y)
- The letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latinski tekst.
See also uredi
- (Latin-tekst slova) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Catalan uredi
Conjunction uredi
y
- Obsolete form of i.
Cornish uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Pronoun uredi
y
Dutch uredi
Alternative forms uredi
- ij (in some words)
Pronunciation uredi
Letter uredi
y (lower case, upper case Y)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
Usage notes uredi
In certain dialects the letter is pronounced similar to IPA: /ji:/. In these dialects, they will actually write "y" such as in "jy" (IPA: /ji:/) instead of modern standard Dutch jij (IPA: /jɛɪ/).
See also uredi
Fala uredi
Conjunction uredi
y
- Alternative form of i
Faroese uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Letter uredi
y (upper case Y)
- The letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latinski tekst.
See also uredi
- (Latin-tekst slova) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø
Finnish uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Audio (file)
Letter uredi
- The letter of the Finski alphabet, called yy i pisana u Latinski tekst.
See also uredi
- (Latin-tekst slova) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö
French uredi
Etymology 1 uredi
From i grec (“Greek i”), referring to the letter upsilon (Υ), originally borrowed from the Greek alphabet, as opposed to "Latin i" (I).
Pronunciation uredi
Letter uredi
y
Etymology 2 uredi
10th century; from Old French i, from Latinski hīc (“here”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-ḱe (“this, here”)), with meaning influenced by Old French iv (“there, thither”), itself from Latinski ibī. Derivation from the latter poses difficulty from a phonetic standpoint.
Pronunciation uredi
Pronoun uredi
y (adverbial)
- there (at a place)
- Il est dans la maison. Il y est.
- He is in the house. He is there.
- there, thither (to there)
- Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons.
- We are going to Mexico. We are going there.
- Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object.
- With verbs: see Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
- (archaic) With adjectives. Only used with handful of adjectives (the most usual being y compris, which is a special case), mainly in legal language.
- personnes y nommées ― Persons named there
- procédures y afférentes ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- documents y relatifs ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- eaux y affluentes ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Related terms uredi
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) |
Reflexive | Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Locative (at) |
Genitive (of) |
Disjunctive (tonic) |
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Singular | First | — | je, j’ | me, m’ | — | — | moi | ||
Second | — | tu | te, t’ | — | — | toi | |||
Third | Masculine | il | se, s’ | le, l’ | lui | y | en | lui, soi | |
Feminine | elle | la, l’ | elle, soi | ||||||
— | on | — | — | — | — | soi | |||
Plural | First | — | nous | nous | — | — | nous | ||
Second | — | vous | vous | — | — | vous | |||
Third | Masculine | ils | se, s’ | les | leur | y | en | eux, soi | |
Feminine | elles | elles, soi |
Etymology 3 uredi
Eye dialect spelling of il. or Contraction of il. .
Pronunciation uredi
Pronoun uredi
y
- (Quebec, France, colloquial) He: alternative form of il
- (Quebec, France, colloquial) They: alternative form of ils
- (Quebec, colloquial) They: alternative form of elles
Further reading uredi
- “y” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Fula uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Letter uredi
- A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes uredi
See also uredi
German uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Letter uredi
y n (genitive y, plural y)
- the letter y
Guaraní uredi
Noun uredi
y
Haitian Creole uredi
Etymology uredi
Contraction of yo.
Pronunciation uredi
Pronoun uredi
y
- Contraction of yo.
Ido uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Letter uredi
y (upper case Y)
- The letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latinski tekst.
See also uredi
- (Latin-tekst slova) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Italian uredi
Noun uredi
y m or f (invariable)
- See under Y
Kabuverdianu uredi
Etymology uredi
From Španski y and Portugalski e .
Conjunction uredi
y
References uredi
Kamayurá uredi
Noun uredi
y
- Alternative form of 'ɨ
References uredi
- Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN
Ladin uredi
Conjunction uredi
y
Latgalian uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Letter uredi
y (upper case Y)
- The letter of the Latgalian alphabet, written in the Latinski tekst.
See also uredi
Latin uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Noun uredi
y
- A name of the letter Y.
Synonyms uredi
Coordinate terms uredi
References uredi
- y in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Latin Grammar (3rd ed., 1895), page 1
- The Latin names for the letters… For Y the sound was used, for Z the Greek name (zēta).
Lithuanian uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Letter uredi
y (upper case Y)
- The letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called i ilgoji i pisana u Latinski tekst.
See also uredi
Malay uredi
Letter uredi
y (lower case, upper case Y)
- The letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latinski tekst.
See also uredi
Mandinka uredi
Pronoun uredi
y
See also uredi
Manx uredi
Article uredi
y
- Alternative form of yn
Mbyá Guaraní uredi
Noun uredi
y
References uredi
Middle English uredi
Etymology 1 uredi
From Old English iċ.
Pronoun uredi
y
- Alternative form of I
Etymology 2 uredi
From Old English in.
Preposition uredi
y
- Alternative form of in (“in”)
Middle French uredi
Adverb uredi
y
- there (in a given place)
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, strana 12:
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Norwegian uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Letter uredi
y
- The letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latinski tekst.
Usage notes uredi
- Perhaps the most troublesome sound in Norwegian. Even some native speakers tend to merge it into /i(ː)/.
Old Tupi uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Noun uredi
y
References uredi
- LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.
Papiamentu uredi
Alternative forms uredi
- i (alternative spelling)
Etymology uredi
From Španski y and Portugalski e and Kabuverdianu i.
Conjunction uredi
y
Portuguese uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Audio (BR) (file)
Letter uredi
y (lower case, upper case Y)
- The letter of the Portugalski alphabet, written in the Latinski tekst.
See also uredi
- (Latin-tekst slova) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Quechua uredi
Adverb uredi
y
Spanish uredi
Etymology 1 uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Letter uredi
y (lower case, upper case Y)
- The letter of the Španski alphabet, called ye or i griega i pisana u Latinski tekst.
See also uredi
Etymology 2 uredi
From Old Spanish é or e, from Latinski et.
Alternative forms uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Conjunction uredi
y
- and
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quijote de la Mancha1, Chapter I:
- Es, pues, de saber que este sobredicho hidalgo, los ratos que estaba ocioso —que eran los más del año—, se daba a leer libros de caballerías, con tanta afición y gusto, que olvidó casi de todo punto el ejercicio de la caza y aun la administración de su hacienda; y llegó a tanto su curiosidad y desatino en esto, que vendió muchas hanegas de tierra de sembradura para comprar libros de caballerías en que leer, y, así, llevó a su casa todos cuantos pudo haber dellos.
- You must know, then, that the above-named gentleman whenever he was at leisure (which was mostly all the year round) gave himself up to reading books of chivalry with such ardour and' avidity that he almost entirely neglected the pursuit of his field-sports, and even the management of his property; and to such a pitch did his eagerness and infatuation go that he sold many an acre of tillageland to buy books of chivalry to read, and brought home as many of them as he could get.
- Es, pues, de saber que este sobredicho hidalgo, los ratos que estaba ocioso —que eran los más del año—, se daba a leer libros de caballerías, con tanta afición y gusto, que olvidó casi de todo punto el ejercicio de la caza y aun la administración de su hacienda; y llegó a tanto su curiosidad y desatino en esto, que vendió muchas hanegas de tierra de sembradura para comprar libros de caballerías en que leer, y, así, llevó a su casa todos cuantos pudo haber dellos.
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quijote de la Mancha1, Chapter I:
- (in names of number) and
- setenta y seis ― seventy-six
- (in arithmetic) plus, and
- uno y uno son dos ― one plus one is two
- (informal) well
- ¡Y por supuesto! ― Well, of course!
- (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the
- Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? ― But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore?
- ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? ― How about the girl? Is she safe?
- ¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. ― Where are the files? I should take a look at them.
Usage notes uredi
- Before words that begin with the /i/ sound, the form e is used instead.
Further reading uredi
- “y” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Turkish uredi
Letter uredi
- The letter of the Turski alphabet, called ye i pisana u Latinski tekst.
See also uredi
Turkmen uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Letter uredi
y (upper case Y)
- The letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called y i pisana u Latinski tekst.
See also uredi
Vietnamese uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Etymology 1 uredi
Sino-Vietnamese word from 伊.
Noun uredi
y
- (archaic, literary) he; him; she; her
- 1958, Nguyễn Đổng Chi, "Thạch Sùng còn thiếu mẻ kho hay là Sự tích con mối" (Kho tàng truyện cố tích Việt Nam nr. 36), NXB Văn sử địa
- Hồi đó ở kinh đô có một người em hoàng hậu họ Vương. Y cũng là tay cự phú nổi tiếng tiền rừng biển bạc và xài phí vào bậc nhất.
- At the time, there was in the capital a brother of the queen of the Wáng family. He was also a famous for being immensely rich and was an extravagant spender of first degree.
- Hồi đó ở kinh đô có một người em hoàng hậu họ Vương. Y cũng là tay cự phú nổi tiếng tiền rừng biển bạc và xài phí vào bậc nhất.
- 1958, Nguyễn Đổng Chi, "Thạch Sùng còn thiếu mẻ kho hay là Sự tích con mối" (Kho tàng truyện cố tích Việt Nam nr. 36), NXB Văn sử địa
- (formal, derogatory) he/him, that jerk/prick/thug/criminal
See also uredi
Etymology 2 uredi
Sino-Vietnamese word from 依.
Adverb uredi
y
- (informal) exactly; precisely (like)
- y như ― exactly like/as
- y như thật ― so realistic (literally, “exactly like real life”)
- y chang ― very much like
Derived terms uredi
Wayampi uredi
Noun uredi
y
- Alternative form of ɨɨ (“water”)
- ay'ú. ― I drink water.
References uredi
- Handbook of Amazonian Languages, volume 4 (1998), edited by Desmond C. Derbyshire, Geoffrey K. Pullum
Welsh uredi
Pronunciation uredi
Etymology 1 uredi
Alternative forms uredi
Article uredi
y (definite) (triggers soft mutation of a feminine singular noun, except ll and rh remain unmutated)
Etymology 2 uredi
Alternative forms uredi
- yr (used before vowels)
Particle uredi
y
- (literary) that (preverbal particle used to mark a subordinate clause)
- Wyt ti'n meddwl y gall hi ddod?
- Do you think that she can come?
- Mae hi'n gwybod y byddet ti'n gwrando arni hi.
- She knows that you would listen to her.
- (literary) which, whom (particle used with indirect relative clauses)
- y dyn y dysgais ei fab ― the man whose son I taught
- y ferch y gwrandewais arni ― the girl to whom I listened
- (literary) preverbal particle used to mark an affirmative verb in a main clause
- 1620, William Morgan, Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan, Genesis 1:1
- Yn y dechreuad y creodd Duw y nefoedd a’r ddaear.
- In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Yn y dechreuad y creodd Duw y nefoedd a’r ddaear.
- 1620, William Morgan, Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan, Genesis 1:1
Usage notes uredi
- y is almost always omitted in colloquial speech.
- y is used to mean 'that' (i.e. mark a subordinate clause) when the subordinate clause begins with an affirmative form of bod not in the present tense, or another affirmative verb in any tense apart from the preterite.
Related terms uredi
Zulu uredi
Letter uredi
y (lower case, upper case Y)
- The letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latinski tekst.