і

і

See also: І, ї, Ї, and Appendix:Variations of "i"

Translingual

і U+0456, і CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER BYELORUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN I ← ѕ [U+0455] Cyrillic ї → [U+0457]

Letter

і (upper case І)

1. A letter of the Cyrillic script, called dotted i or decimal i.

Letter

і (upper case І)

1. A letter of the Old Cyrillic script, called izhei.

Alternative forms

• ї (orthographical variant)

Gallery

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  Regular.
• 
  Italics.

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Belarusian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

і • (i) (lower case, upper case І)

1. The tenth letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, І і, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ў ў, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *ei, an early locative singular determiner, formed from the root *h₁e-, *h₁o-. Compare Ancient Greek εἰ (ei, “if”), Gothic 𐌴𐌹 (ei, “and, so that, be it”). Follows from ablative Proto-Indo-European *ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ji]

Conjunction

і • (i)

1. and

   Synonym: ды (dy)

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Kazakh

Cyrillic	і (ı)
Arabic	ى ,ٸ‎
Latin	ı

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɘ/

Letter

і • (ı) (lower case, upper case І)

1. The thirty-eighth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ә ә, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ұ ұ, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, І і, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

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Khakas

Letter

і • (ì) (lower case, upper case І)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Khakas alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, І і, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ӧ ӧ, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ӱ ӱ, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ӌ ӌ, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

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Old Church Slavonic

Letter

і • (i) (lower case, upper case І)

1. A letter of the Old Church Slavonic alphabet, called и (i) or ижеи (ižei), and written in the Old Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Old Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е (Є є), Ж ж, Ѕ ѕ (Ꙃ ꙃ), З з (Ꙁ ꙁ), И и, І і (Ї ї), Ꙉ ꙉ, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Оу оу (Ꙋ ꙋ), Ф ф, Х х, Ѡ ѡ (Ѿ ѿ), Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ꙑ ꙑ, Ь ь, Ѣ ѣ, Ꙗ ꙗ, Ѥ ѥ, Ю ю, Ѫ ѫ, Ѭ ѭ, Ѧ ѧ (Ꙙ ꙙ), Ѩ ѩ (Ꙝ ꙝ), Ѯ ѯ, Ѱ ѱ, Ѳ ѳ, Ѵ ѵ, Ҁ ҁ

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

Letter

і • (i) (lower case, upper case І)

1. (obsolete) Letter dotted i (Cyrillic) (in Russian: и десятери́чное n (i desjateríčnoje, “i decimal”). Replaced by the letter И (I) in the spelling reform of 1917.

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Rusyn

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *ei, an early locative singular determiner, formed from the root *h₁e-, *h₁o-. Compare Ancient Greek εἰ (ei, “if”), Gothic 𐌴𐌹 (ei, “and, so that, be it”). Follows from ablative Proto-Indo-European *ed.

Conjunction

і • (i)

1. and

Synonyms

• а (a)

Letter

і • (i) (upper case І)

1. The twelfth letter of the Rusyn alphabet

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

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Letter

і • (i) (lower case, upper case І)

1. The twelfth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called і (i), and written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, І і, Ї ї, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я

Etymology 2

From Old Ukrainian и (i), from Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *ei, an early locative singular determiner, formed from the root *h₁e-, *h₁o-. Compare Greek εἰ (eἰ, “if”), Gothic 𐌴𐌹 (ei, “and, so that, be it”). Follows from ablative Proto-Indo-European *ed.

Conjunction

і • (i)

1. and, also, even

Usage notes

• The forms і (i) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and й (j) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

Synonyms

• й (j) (used after vowels)
• та (ta)

Particle

і • (i)

1. Augmentative particle, even, and.

Etymology 3

Primal interjection in response to pain, fear, surprise. Common to many languages.

Interjection

і • (i)

1. Expressing pain, fear, surprise, joy, disappointment, anger, hatred, etc.

References

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “і”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Латинська абетка on the Ukrainian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^uk