y

y U+0079, y LATIN SMALL LETTER Y ← x [U+0078] Basic Latin z → [U+007A]

ｙ U+FF59, ｙ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER Y ← ｘ [U+FF58] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｚ → [U+FF5A]

y (upper case Y)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the основни модерни Латински алфабет.

• (Латински текст):  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

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y

1. (metrology) Symbol for the prefix yocto-.
2. (IPA) close front rounded vowel
3. Denoting an item that is twenty-fifth in a list.

• Letter styles
• 
  Capital and lowercase versions of Y, in normal and italic type
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  Uppercase and lowercase Y in Fraktur

Other representations of Y:

NATO phonetic: Yankee Morse code: –·–– Braille: ⠽ ASL Manual: Y

Signal flag:

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• (letter name): МФА^(кључ): /ˈwaɪ/

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• (phoneme): МФА^(кључ): /i/, /ɪ/, /aɪ/, /ə/, /j/
• Homophones: why, Wye, wye

y (lower case, upper case Y, plural y's)

1. The twenty-пети letter of the Енглески alphabet, called wye and written in the Latin script.

• The name of this letter is spelled wy or wye

• (Латиница-текст слова) 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).

y

1. Скраћеница од 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.

2. (UK, television) Скраћеница од youth., usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked.

   Y7

3. (computing) Скраћеница од yes.

y (not comparable)

1. (slang, text messaging, Internet slang) Скраћеница од why.

• Y2K

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From Латински et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

y

1. and

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From Латински et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

y

1. and

y (y (or -y), plural ys/yos or -ys/-yos)

1. Pronoun for the third-person singular indirect object.

   da-y pan

   give him/her bread

• Usually seen as -y

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• (phoneme) МФА^(кључ): /j/

y lower case (upper case Y)

1. The thirty-први letter of the Азербејџански alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Латиница-текст слова) 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

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y

1. Obsolete form of i (“and”).

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• МФА^(кључ): /iː/

y

1. (Standard Cornish) they (third person plural pronoun)
2. (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) his

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• ij (in some words)

• (letter name): МФА^(кључ): /ɛɪ/, /iˈɡrɛk/, /ˌɣrik.sə ˈɛɪ/

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y (lower case, upper case Y)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

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/).

• Previous letter: x
• Next letter: z

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y

1. Alternative form of i

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• МФА^(кључ): /iː/
• Homophone: i

y (upper case Y)

1. The twenty-шести letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Латиница-текст слова) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, 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

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1. The twenty-четврти letter of the Фински alphabet, called yy and written in the Latin script.

• (Латиница-текст слова) 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

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From i grec (“Greek i”), referring to the letter upsilon (Υ), originally borrowed from the Greek alphabet, as opposed to "Latin i" (I).

• (letter name) МФА^(кључ): /i.ɡʁɛk/

y

1. a letter in the French alphabet, after x and before z

10th century; from Стари Француски i, from Латински hīc (“here”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-ḱe (“this, here”)), with meaning influenced by Стари Француски iv (“there, thither”), itself from Латински ibī. Derivation from the latter poses difficulty from a phonetic standpoint.

• МФА^(кључ): /i/
• Homophones: hie, hies, hient, i

y (adverbial)

1. there (at a place)

   Il est dans la maison. Il y est.

   He is in the house. He is there.

2. there, thither (to there)

   Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons.

   We are going to Mexico. We are going there.

3. Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object.
   1. With verbs: see Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
   2. (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)

Eye dialect spelling of il. or Contraction of il. .

• МФА^(кључ): /i/

y

1. (Quebec, France, colloquial) He: alternative form of il
2. (Quebec, France, colloquial) They: alternative form of ils
3. (Quebec, colloquial) They: alternative form of elles

• “y” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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• МФА^(кључ): /j/

Шаблон:ff-letter

1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Шаблон:U:ff:common

• Шаблон:list:Latin script letters/ff

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• (phoneme) МФА^(кључ): /yː/, /y/, /ʏ/, /i/, /ɪ/, /j/
• (letter name) МФА^(кључ): /ˈʏpsilɔn/

y

1. the letter y

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y

1. water

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Contraction of yo.

• МФА^(кључ): /j/

y

1. Contraction of yo.

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• (context pronunciation) МФА^(кључ): /j/
• (letter name) МФА^(кључ): /je/

y (upper case Y)

1. The twenty-пети letter of the Идо alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Латиница-текст слова) 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

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y m or f (invariable)

1. See under Y

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From Шпански y and Португалски e .

y

1. and

• Шаблон:R:kea:Gonçalves

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y

1. Alternative form of 'ɨ

• Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN 0199593566

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y

1. and

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• (phoneme) МФА^(кључ): /ɨ/

y (upper case Y)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Latgalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Шаблон:list:Latin script letters/ltg

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• () МФА^(кључ): /yː/, [yː]
• () МФА^(кључ): /i/, [iː]

y

1. A name of the letter Y.

• (name of the letter Y): ī graeca
• (name of the letter Y): ȳpsīlon

• Шаблон:Latin letter names of the Roman alphabet

• 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).

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• (phoneme) МФА^(кључ): /iː/

y (upper case Y)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called i ilgoji and written in the Latin script.

• Шаблон:list:Latin script letters/lt

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y (lower case, upper case Y)

1. The twenty-пети letter of the Малајски alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Шаблон:list:Latin script letters/ms

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y

1. they, them (personal pronoun)

Шаблон:mnk-personal pronouns

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y

1. Alternative form of yn

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y

1. water

• Léxico Guaraní, dialeto Mbyá : versão para fins acadêmicos (1998)

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From Стари Енглески iċ.

y

1. Alternative form of I

From Стари Енглески in.

y

1. Alternative form of in (“in”)

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y

1. there (in a given place)
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 12:

     Or me dictes fist Lancelot, des lettres qui illec sont escriptes, savez vous qui les y fist mettre

     Now tell me, said Lancelot, about these letters that are written here, do you know who put them here?

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• (letter name): МФА^(кључ): /yː/
• (phoneme): МФА^(кључ): /yː/, /y/

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y

1. The twenty-пети letter of the Норвешки alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Perhaps the most troublesome sound in Norwegian. Even some native speakers tend to merge it into /i(ː)/.

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• МФА^(кључ): /ˈʔɨ/

y

1. water
2. river

• LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.

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• i (alternative spelling)

From Шпански y and Португалски e and Kabuverdianu i.

y

1. and

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y (lower case, upper case Y)

1. The twenty-пети letter of the Португалски alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Латиница-текст слова) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), 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

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y

1. really, truly

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• (phoneme) МФА^(кључ): /ʝ/, /i/
• (letter name) (Castilian)
  (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Lua грешка in Модул:IPA at line 503: Invalid IPA: replace Ф with ɸ, : with ː, B with ʙ, H with ʜ, Y with ʏ, g with ɡ и у with y.
• (Latin America)
  (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Lua грешка in Модул:IPA at line 503: Invalid IPA: replace : with ː, L with ʟ и g with ɡ.

y (lower case, upper case Y)

1. The twenty-шести letter of the Шпански alphabet, called ye or i griega and written in the Latin script.

• Шаблон:list:Latin script letters/es

From Old Spanish é or e, from Латински et.

• e
• i (obsolete)

• (preconsonantal) МФА^(кључ): /i/
• (prevocalic) МФА^(кључ): /ʝ/
• Риме: -i

y

1. 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.

2. (in names of number) and

   setenta y seis ― seventy-six

3. (in arithmetic) plus, and

   uno y uno son dos ― one plus one is two

4. (informal) well

   ¡Y por supuesto! ― Well, of course!

5. (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.

• Before words that begin with the /i/ sound, the form e is used instead.

• “y” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Шаблон:tr-letter

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Турски alphabet, called ye and written in the Latin script.

• Шаблон:list:Latin script letters/tr

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• (phoneme) МФА^(кључ): /ɯ/, /ɯː/

y (upper case Y)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called y and written in the Latin script.

• Шаблон:list:Latin script letters/tk

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• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 伊.

y

1. (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.

2. (formal, derogatory) he/him, that jerk/prick/thug/criminal

• thị

Sino-Vietnamese word from 依.

y

1. (informal) exactly; precisely (like)

   y như ― exactly like/as

   y như thật ― so realistic (literally, “exactly like real life”)

   y chang ― very much like

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y

1. Alternative form of ɨɨ (“water”)

   ay'ú. ― I drink water.

• Handbook of Amazonian Languages, volume 4 (1998), edited by Desmond C. Derbyshire, Geoffrey K. Pullum

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• МФА^(кључ): /ə/

• 'r (used after vowels)
• yr (used before vowels)

y (definite) (triggers soft mutation of a feminine singular noun, except ll and rh remain unmutated)

1. the

   y bachgen ― the boy

   y ferch ― the girl

   y llong ― the ship

   y bechgyn ― the boys

   y merched ― the girls

• yr (used before vowels)

y

1. (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.

2. (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

3. (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.

• 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.

• bod
• mai
• i

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y (lower case, upper case Y)

1. The twenty-пети letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Латиница-текст слова) 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