ý

See also: Ý and Appendix:Variations of "y"

ý U+00FD, ý LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE Composition: y [U+0079] + ◌́ [U+0301] ← ü [U+00FC] Latin-1 Supplement þ → [U+00FE]

Translingual

Letter

ý (upper case Ý)

1. The letter y with an acute accent.

See also

• (Latin script):  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
• (Letters using acute accent or double acute accent):  Áá  Ắắ  Ấấ  Ǻǻ  Ćć  Ḉḉ  Éé  Ếế  Ǵǵ  Íí  Ḯḯ  Ḱḱ  Ĺĺ  Ḿḿ  Ńń  Óó  Őő  Ớớ  Ṍṍ  Ǿǿ  Ṕṕ  Ŕŕ  Śś  Úú  Űű  Ứứ  Ẃẃ  Ýý  Źź  Ǽǽ

Czech

Letter

ý (lower case, upper case Ý)

1. The fortieth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script., after y and before z

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ý (upper case Ý)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script., after y and before æ

Verb

ý

1. imperative of at ýa

See also

• (Latin-script letters) 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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /iː/

  Rhymes: -iː

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈʏfsɪlɔn iː/

Letter

ý (upper case Ý)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, 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, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Letter

ý (upper case Ý)

1. The forty-fourth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Further reading

• ý in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Tày

Etymology

Ultimately from Chinese 意 (MC ʔɨ^H).

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ʔi˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ʔi˦]

Noun

ý

1. a point (element in larger whole)

   ý cải ― gist, general idea

2. what one means

   bấu chắc ý pền rừ

   not sure what he/she means

References

Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Tupinambá

Noun

ý

1. water

References

• The Amazonian Languages (editor: Robert M. W. Dixon) (ý)
• Wolf Dietrich, Correspondências fonológicas e lexicais entre Karitiána (Arikém, Tupí) e Tupí-Guaraní (y)

Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

ý (upper case Ý)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔi˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˦˥]
• Homophones: í, Ý

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 意.

Noun

ý

1. Clipping of ý tưởng (“idea”).

   Tôi có ý này.

   I have an ("this") idea.

2. a point (element in larger whole)

   ý chính ― main point; key point

   Bài có ba ý.

   There are three key points to this essay.

3. what one means

   Ý anh là sao?

   What do you mean? / What's your point?

   Ý là cần nhiều thời gian hơn.

   Basically, that means we need more time.

See also

Derived terms

• chủ ý
• đại ý
• đắc ý
• hết ý
• phật ý
• thành ý
• tinh ý
• ưng ý
• vô ý
• vừa ý
• ý chí
• ý kiến
• ý nghĩa
• ý tứ
• ý vị

 

Etymology 2

Determiner

ý

1. Alternative spelling of í; Northern Vietnam form of ấy

   đằng í/ý ― you

   chị í/ý ― she; her

Particle

ý

1. Alternative spelling of í; Northern Vietnam form of ấy