у

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

See also: y, ყ, and Appendix:Variations of "y"

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BelarusianEdit

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

Handwritten forms

Alternative formsEdit

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

PrepositionEdit

у • (u)

1. in (+ locative case)

Usage notesEdit

• The forms у (u) and ў (ŭ) are used interchangeably and are considered the same letter, but are different in spelling and pronunciation. Like other Belarusian words, words starting with "у" + consonant are used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause, words starting with "ў" + consonant are used after vowels.

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Eastern MariEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *wuδe. Cognates include Finnish uusi, Estonian uus, Northern Sámi ođas, and Hungarian új.

AdjectiveEdit

у • (u)

1. new

AntonymsEdit

• (new) тошто (tošto)

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MacedonianEdit

PrepositionEdit

1. Non-standard form of во

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OssetianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/, /w/

LetterEdit

у • (u) (upper case У)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Ossetian alphabet

See alsoEdit

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

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RussianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [u]

Etymology 1Edit

LetterEdit

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 alsoEdit

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

NounEdit

у • (u) n inan (indeclinable)

1. The Cyrillic letter У (U), у (u).

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

у • (u) m inan (indeclinable)

1. Wu (language)

Etymology 3Edit

PrepositionEdit

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-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /u/

• audio

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PrepositionEdit

у (Latin spelling u)

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

   бити у школи — to be in the school

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

2. (with accusative) 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. (with accusative) 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. (with locative) in, during (in expressions concerning time)

   у једном дану — in one day

   у младости — during one's youth