у

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у U+0443, у CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U ← т [U+0442] Cyrillic ф → [U+0444]

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Belarusian

Cyrillic letter У у
(У у), normal above, italics below.

Handwritten forms

Alternative forms

• ў (ŭ) (after vowels)
• ува (uva) (when the next word starts in ў)

Preposition

у • (u)

1. in (+ locative case)

Usage notes

• у (u) is used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause, whereas ў (ŭ) is used after vowels.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (H h), Д д (D d), Е е (Je je), Ё ё (Jo jo), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), І і (I i), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ў ў (Ŭ ŭ), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Ы ы (Y y), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Э э (E e), Ю ю (Ju ju), Я я (Ja ja)

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Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *wuďe. Cognates include Finnish uusi, Estonian uus, Northern Sami ođas, and Hungarian új.

Adjective

у • (u)

1. new

Antonyms

• (new) тошто (tošto)

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Macedonian

Preposition

у • (u)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [u]

1. Nonstandard form of во (vo).

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Ossetian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/, /w/

Letter

у • (u) (upper case У)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Ossetian alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Ӕ ӕ (Æ æ), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Гъ гъ (Ǧ ǧ), Д д (D d), Дж дж (Ǵ ǵ), Дз дз (Ʒ ʒ), Е е (E e), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Къ къ (K’ k’), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Пъ пъ (P’ p’), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), Тъ тъ (Tʺ t’), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Хъ хъ (Q q), Ц ц (C c), Цъ цъ (C’ c’), Ч ч (Ḱ ḱ), Чъ чъ (Ḱ’ ḱ’), Ы ы (Y y)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [u]

Etymology 1

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is у (u) and it has the sound of English oo in soon. It is preceded by Т (T) and followed by Ф (F).
2. Roman letter U, u

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Cyrillic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: У, у

Noun

у • (u) n inan (indeclinable)

1. The Cyrillic letter У (U), у (u).

Etymology 2

Noun

у • (u) m inan (indeclinable)

1. Wu (language)

Etymology 3

Preposition

у • (u) (+ genitive case)

1. at, by, near

   у окна́ ― u okná ― at the window

   Оте́ц у сы́на ― Otéc u sýna ― The father is at his son’s (house).

2. in the possession of (used to express "to have")

   У вас есть каранда́ш? ― U vas jestʹ karandáš? ― Do you have a pencil?

   У меня́ нет карандаша́. ― U menjá net karandašá. ― I don’t have a pencil.

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

• audio

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Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• (uppercase) У

Letter

у (Latin spelling u)

1. The 24th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet, preceded by ћ and followed by ф.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n).

Preposition

у (Latin spelling u)

1. (+ locative case) in, at (without change of position, answering the question гдје̏/где̏)

   бити у школи ― to be in school

   у ц(иј)елом друштву ― in the whole society

2. (+ accusative case) to, into (with change of position, answering the question ку̀да)

   ићи у школу ― to go to school

   путовати у Америку ― to travel to America

3. (+ accusative case) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)

   у подне ― at noon

   у ср(иј)еду ― on Wednesday

   у зору ― at dawn

   У колико сати? ― At what time?

4. (+ locative case) in, during (in expressions concerning time)

   у једном дану ― in one day

   у младости ― during one's youth

Etymology 3

From Proto-Slavic *u.

Preposition

у (Latin spelling u)

1. (+ genitive case) chez