í

See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"

í	U+00ED, í LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE

Composition:

i [U+0069] + ◌́ [U+0301]

← ì
[U+00EC]

Latin-1 Supplement

î →
[U+00EE]

Translingual

Letter

í (upper case Í)

The letter i with an acute accent.

Boko

Noun

í

water

References

V Vydrin, On the Problem of the Proto-Mande Homeland (JOLR, 2009)

Bokobaru

Noun

í

water

References

V Vydrin, On the Problem of the Proto-Mande Homeland (JOLR, 2009)

Busa

Noun

í

water

References

V Vydrin, On the Problem of the Proto-Mande Homeland (JOLR, 2009)

Czech

Letter

í (lower case, upper case Í)

The sixteenth letter of the Czech alphabet, after i and before j

Dakota

Noun

í

mouth

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʊiː/
Rhymes: -ʊiː
Homophones: ý, ið

Letter

í (upper case Í)

The eleventh letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én.

Alternative forms

íggj

Pronunciation

(stressed) IPA^(key): /ʊiː/
(unstressed) IPA^(key): /ɪ/
Rhymes: -ʊiː

Preposition

í

(with accusative) in, into, during
(with dative) in

Hungarian

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈiː]
(letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈiː]

Letter

í (lower case, upper case Í)

The sixteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called í and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	í	í-k
accusative	í-t	í-ket
dative	í-nek	í-knek
instrumental	í-vel	í-kkel
causal-final	í-ért	í-kért
translative	í-vé	í-kké
terminative	í-ig	í-kig
essive-formal	í-ként	í-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	í-ben	í-kben
superessive	í-n	í-ken
adessive	í-nél	í-knél
illative	í-be	í-kbe
sublative	í-re	í-kre
allative	í-hez	í-khez
elative	í-ből	í-kből
delative	í-ről	í-kről
ablative	í-től	í-ktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	í-é	í-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	í-éi	í-kéi

Possessive forms of í
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	í-m	í-im
2nd person sing.	í-d	í-id
3rd person sing.	í-je	í-i
1st person plural	í-nk	í-ink
2nd person plural	í-tek	í-itek
3rd person plural	í-jük	í-ik

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iː/
Rhymes: -iː

Letter

í (upper case Í)

The twelfth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én.

Preposition

í

(with accusative) in; to (direction)
Ég geng í kirkjuna. ― I walk to the church
(with dative) in (location)
Hann er í húsinu. ― He is in the house
(with accusative) for; over (spanning a time period)
Við ókum í tvær klukkustundir. ― We drove for two hours.

Derived terms

borga út í hönd
breiðast út eins og eldur í sinu/fara eins og eldur í sinu
bölva í sand og ösku
elda ofan í
falla allur ketill í eld
fara í kringum
fara í kringum eins og köttur í kringum heitan graut
farðu í rassgat
fela í sér
fetta fingur út í
ganga eins og í sögu
ganga í kringum
glugga í
hafa bein í nefinu
hafa mörg járn í eldinum
hringja í
höggva í spað
í bráð
íbúð
í húð og hár
í nafni
í senn
í símanum
í sundur
í trúnaði
kaupa köttinn í sekknum
láta í friði
leiðast út í
liggja í kör
lofa upp í ermina
morgunstund gefur gull í mund
ná sér í
setjast í helgan stein
sinn er siður í landi hverju
sjá í gegnum fingur við
skara í eldinn
spá í
svara í sömu mynt
takast í hendur
tala í kringum
toga í
þykja súrt í broti

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iː/
Homophones: aoi, íoth, ithe (Cois Fharraige), oíche (Cois Fharraige), uí, Uí

Pronoun

í (emphatic form ise, disjunctive)

she, her
(referring to a feminine noun) it

Noun

í

Alternative form of uí (“grandson, descendant”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
í	n-í	hí	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

hí

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iː/

Particle

í

deictic particle, used mostly in combination with the definite article or a demonstrative determiner/pronoun

Derived terms

arindí
iarsindí
intí
ísin
isindí

Preposition

í

Alternative spelling of i

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *in (“in, into”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

Preposition

í

(with dative) in remaining in a place
(with accusative) in motion towards a place

Derived terms

í gegnum
í milli

Descendants

Icelandic: í
Faroese: í, íggj
Norn: i
Norwegian Nynorsk: i
Elfdalian: i
Westrobothnian: i, öy, äi
Old Swedish: ī
- Swedish: i
Danish: i
- Norwegian Bokmål: i

References

“í” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)

Portuguese

Etymology

The letter i with an acute accent.

Letter

í

a letter of the Portuguese alphabet

Slovene

Etymology 1

Letter i with acute (◌́) to signify long stressed vowel.

Pronunciation

(phoneme) Pronunciation of í (ī)

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA^(key): /ˈíː/, /ˈìː/, [ˈîː], [ˈǐː], [ˈɪ́ː], [ˈɪ̀ː], [ˈɪ̂ː], [ˈɪ̌ː], SNPT: /ī/
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA^(key): /ˈiː/, SNPT: /í/

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

(letter name) Pronunciation of í [dôu̯gi í] (ó ī)

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA^(key): [ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡí ˈîː], [ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡí ˈǐː], SNPT: [dó̭u̯gi ī] (dolgi i)
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA^(key): [ˈdo̞ːu̯ɡi ˈiː], SNPT: [dō̭u̯gi í]

• (Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects) IPA^(key): [ˈdò̞ːu̯ɣí ˈîː], [ˈdò̞ːu̯ɣí ˈǐː], SNPT: [dó̭u̯ɣi ī]

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

Miscellaneous

• Rhymes: -iː(non-tonal)
• Hyphenation: í
• Homophones: Í, dolgi i (tonal and non-tonal)

Letter

í (lower case, upper case Í)

Additional letter, used to denote the long stress on i.

Symbol

í

(non-tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [iː].

Etymology 2

Letter i with acute (◌́) to signify long low-pitched vowel.

Pronunciation

(phoneme) Pronunciation of í (í)

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA^(key): /ˈìː/, [ˈǐː], [ˈɪ̀ː], [ˈɪ̌ː], SNPT: /í/
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA^(key): /ˈiː/, SNPT: /í/

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

(letter name) Pronunciation of í [akutírani dôu̯gi í] (ȋ ó ī)

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA^(key): [ˌakuˈtíːɾaˌnì ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡí ˈîː], [ˌakuˈtíːɾaˌnì ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡí ˈǐː], SNPT: [akutȋrani dó̭u̯gi ī] (akutirani dolgi i)
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA^(key): [ˌakuˈtiːɾaˌni ˈdo̞ːu̯ɡi ˈiː], SNPT: [akutírani dō̭u̯gi í]

• (Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects) IPA^(key): [ˌakuˈtíːɾaˌnì ˈdò̞ːu̯ɣí ˈîː], [ˌakuˈtíːɾaˌnì ˈdò̞ːu̯ɣí ˈǐː], SNPT (tonal): [akutȋrani dó̭u̯ɣi ī]
• (Some Upper Carniolan and Carinthian dialects, particularly Rosen Valley dialect) IPA^(key): [ˌakuˈtíːʀaˌnì ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡí ˈîː], [ˌakuˈtíːʀaˌnì ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡí ˈǐː], SNPT (tonal): [akutȋṙani dó̭u̯gi ī]

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

Miscellaneous

• Rhymes: -iː(non-tonal)
• Hyphenation: í

Symbol

í

(tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [ìː].

Usage notes

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

Etymology 3

Letter i with acute (◌́) to signify short vowel.

Pronunciation

Dialectal pronunciations

Map

Carinthian dialects

North Pohorje–Remšnik dialect	–
Mežica dialect	–
Jaun Valley dialect	–
Ebriach dialect	–
Rosen Valley dialect	–
Gail Valley dialect	–

Littoral dialects

Resian dialect	–
Soča dialect	–
Torre Valley dialect	–
Natisone Valley dialect	IPA^(key): /ˈi/, SNPT (Logar transcription): /ˈi/
Brda dialect	–
Karst dialect	–
Istrian dialect	–
Inner carniolan dialect	–

Rovte dialects

Tolmin dialect	–
Cerkno dialect	–
Poljane dialect	–
Škofja Loka dialect	–
Črni Vrh dialect	–
Horjul dialect	–

Upper Carniolan dialects

Upper Carniolan dialect	–
Selca dialect	–

Lower Carniolan dialects

Lower Carniolan dialect	–
North White Carniolan dialect	–
South White Carniolan dialect	–
Čabranka dialect	–
Kostel dialect	–
Mixed Kočevje subdialects	–

Styrian dialects

Central Savinja dialect	–
Upper Savinja dialect	–
Central Styrian dialect	–
South Pohorje dialect	–
Kozje–Bizeljsko dialect	–
Lower Sava Valley dialect	–

Pannonian dialects

Prekmurje dialect	–
Slovenian Hills dialect	–
Prlekija dialect	–
Haloze dialect	–

Letter

í (lower case, upper case Í)

(Natisone Valley dialect) Additional letter, used to denote the short stress on i.

Etymology 4

Letter i with acute (◌́) to signify stressed vowel.

Pronunciation

Dialectal pronunciations

Map

Carinthian dialects

North Pohorje–Remšnik dialect	–
Mežica dialect	–
Jaun Valley dialect	–
Ebriach dialect	–
Rosen Valley dialect	–
Gail Valley dialect	–

Littoral dialects

Resian dialect	IPA^(key): /ˈi/, SNPT (Logar transcription): /iː/
Soča dialect	–
Torre Valley dialect	–
Natisone Valley dialect	–
Brda dialect	–
Karst dialect	–
Istrian dialect	–
Inner carniolan dialect	–

Rovte dialects

Tolmin dialect	–
Cerkno dialect	–
Poljane dialect	–
Škofja Loka dialect	–
Črni Vrh dialect	–
Horjul dialect	–

Upper Carniolan dialects

Upper Carniolan dialect	–
Selca dialect	–

Lower Carniolan dialects

Lower Carniolan dialect	–
North White Carniolan dialect	–
South White Carniolan dialect	–
Čabranka dialect	–
Kostel dialect	–
Mixed Kočevje subdialects	–

Styrian dialects

Central Savinja dialect	–
Upper Savinja dialect	–
Central Styrian dialect	–
South Pohorje dialect	–
Kozje–Bizeljsko dialect	–
Lower Sava Valley dialect	–

Pannonian dialects

Prekmurje dialect	–
Slovenian Hills dialect	–
Prlekija dialect	–
Haloze dialect	–

Letter

í (lower case, upper case Í)

(Resian) Additional letter, used to denote the stress on i.

References

Toporišič, Jože (2000) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Obzorja, →ISBN
Steenwijk, Han (1994) Ortografia resiana = Tö jošt rozajanskë pïsanjë (in it, sl-rozaj), Padua: CLEUP
Špehonja, Nino (2012) Nediška gramatika‎ (in Italian), Poligrafice San Marco

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Homophones: ý, Ý

Determiner

í

Pronunciation spelling of ấy (“that”), representing Northern Vietnam Vietnamese.

Particle

í

Pronunciation spelling of ấy, representing Northern Vietnam Vietnamese.

í

Translingual

Letter

See also

Boko

Noun

References

Bokobaru

Noun

References

Busa

Noun

References

Czech

Letter

Dakota

Noun

Faroese

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Preposition

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Letter

Declension

See also

Further reading

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

Etymology 2

Preposition

Derived terms

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

See also

Noun

Mutation

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Particle

Derived terms

Preposition

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

Preposition

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Letter

Slovene

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

Symbol

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Symbol

Usage notes

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Letter

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

References

Vietnamese

Pronunciation