у

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

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

Bashkir

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Bashkir alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) хәреф (xäref); А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Ғ ғ (Ğ ğ), Д д (D d), Ҙ ҙ (Đ ð), Е е (Ye ye), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (Y y), К к (K k), Ҡ ҡ (Q q), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Ң ң (Ñ ñ), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Ҫ ҫ (Θ θ), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Һ һ (H h), Ц ц (Ts ts), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Šč šč), Ъ ъ (ʺ ʺ), Ы ы (Ï ï), Ь ь (’ ’), Э э (E e), Ә ә (Ä ä), Ю ю (Yu yu), Я я (Ya ya)

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Belarusian

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

Handwritten forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

у • (u) (upper case У)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Old Belarusian въ (v), from Old East Slavic въ (vŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [u]

Preposition

у • (u)

1. in (+ locative case)

Usage notes

• The forms у (u) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and ў (ŭ) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

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Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): [u]

Letter

у • (u) (upper case У)

1. The twentieth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (E e), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (I i) (Ѝ ѝ (Ì ì)), 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), Ф ф (F f), Х х (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Št št), Ъ ъ (Ǎ ǎ), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Ю ю (Ju ju), Я я (Ja ja)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [u]

Preposition

у • (u)

1. at (someone)'s place

   у нас

   u nas

   at our place

   у дома́

   u domá

   at home

2. to (someone)'s place
3. with (someone), in (someone's) possession

   У кого́ е кни́гата?

   U kogó e knígata?

   Who has the book?

   (literally, “In whose possession is the book?”)

4. among (people/animals) (in reference to a quality)

   това́ ка́чество се нами́ра у ня́кои хо́ра

   tová káčestvo se namíra u njákoi hóra

   this quality is found among some people

   създа́вам впечатле́ние у ня́кого

   sǎzdávam vpečatlénie u njákogo

   to make an impression on someone

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [u]

Interjection

у • (u)

1. wow!
2. ugh, yuck

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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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Kazakh

Cyrillic	у (w)
Arabic	ۋ‎
Latin	{{{3}}}

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/ (consonantal)
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʉw/ (front)
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /uw/ (back)

Letter

у • (w) (lower case, upper case У)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Kazakh alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Ә ә (Ä ä), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Ғ ғ (Ğ ğ), Д д (D d), Е е (E e), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (J j), З з (Z z), И и (Ï ï), Й й (Y y), К к (K k), Қ қ (Q q), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Ң ң (Ñ ñ), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (W w), Ұ ұ (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Һ һ (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Ç ç), Ш ш (Ş ş), Щ щ (Şş şş), Ъ ъ (ʺ ʺ), Ы ы (I ı), І і (İ i), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Э э (É é), Ю ю (Yw yw), Я я (Ya ya)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *āgu (“poison”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (ağu, “poison”); Bashkir ағыу (ağïw), Tatar агу (ağu), Uzbek og'i, Turkish ağı, Turkmen awy (“poison, toxin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uw/

Noun

у • (w)

1. poison

Declension

declension of у

	singular (жекеше)	plural (көпше)
nominative (атау септік)	у (w)	улар (wlar)
genitive (ілік септік)	удың (wdıñ)	улардың (wlardıñ)
dative (барыс септік)	уға (wğa)	уларға (wlarğa)
accusative (табыс септік)	уды (wdı)	уларды (wlardı)
locative (жатыс септік)	уда (wda)	уларда (wlarda)
ablative (шығыс септік)	удан (wdan)	улардан (wlardan)
instrumental (көмектес септік)	умен (wmen)	улармен (wlarmen)

Derived terms

• улау (wlaw)

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Macedonian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /u/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [u]

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

у • (u) (upper case У)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Ѓ ѓ (Ǵ ǵ), Е е (E e), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), Ѕ ѕ (Dz dz), И и (I i), Ј ј (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), Љ љ (Lj lj), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Њ њ (Nj nj), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), Ќ ќ (Ḱ ḱ), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Џ џ (Dž dž), Ш ш (Š š)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [u]

• Audio

  (file)

Preposition

у • (u)

1. Nonstandard form of во (vo).

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Mongolian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊ/

Letter

у • (u) (uppercase У) (italics: У, у)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Mongolian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (Ye ye), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (J j), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (I i), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (Kh kh), Ц ц (Ts ts), Ч ч (Ch ch), Ш ш (Sh sh), Щ щ (Sh sh), Ъ ъ (I i), Ы ы (Y y), Ь ь (I i), Э э (E e), Ю ю (Yu yu), Я я (Ya ya)

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Old East Slavic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *u. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic оу (u) and Old Polish u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/
• Hyphenation: у

Preposition

у (u) (+ genitive)

1. at, by
2. away from
3. in the possession of
   • 1057, Deacon Gregory, Ostromir Gospels‎^[1], page 2:

     Сє бѣ искони оу б҃а

     Se bě iskoni u b҃a

     This was in the beginning with God

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: у (u)
  • Belarusian: у (u)
  • Rusyn: у (u)
  • Ukrainian: у (u)
• Russian: у (u)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *(j)u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu/
• Hyphenation: у

Adverb

у (u)

1. yet

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu/
• Hyphenation: у

Interjection

у (u)

1. alas!

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/
• Hyphenation: у

Preposition

у (u)

1. (+ locative) Alternative form of въ (vŭ, “inside”)
2. (+ accusative) Alternative form of въ (vŭ, “into”)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail (1912), “ꙋ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 3: Р – Ѡ, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 1107

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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

Inherited from Old East Slavic у (u), from Proto-Slavic *u.

Preposition

у • (u) (+ genitive case)

1. at, by, near

   сиде́ть у окна́ ― sidétʹ u okná ― to sit by the window

   жить у мо́ря ― žitʹ u mórja ― to live by the sea

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

   Ско́лько у тебя́ вре́мени? ― Skólʹko u tebjá vrémeni? ― What's the time for you?

   У меня́ всё хорошо́. ― U menjá vsjó xorošó. ― I'm fine. (literally, “Everything's fine with me.”)

   У нас всё получи́лось. ― U nas vsjó polučílosʹ. ― We managed to do it. (literally, “Everything worked out for us.”)

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.

3. belonging to (used to denote ownership of body parts or appendages of objects)

   но́жка у сту́ла ― nóžka u stúla ― chair leg

   У меня́ боли́т живо́т. ― U menjá bolít živót. ― My stomach hurts.

   У вас в голове́ не укла́дывается. ― U vas v golové ne ukládyvajetsja. ― It's not getting into your head.

4. from, of

   узна́ть у друзе́й ― uznátʹ u druzéj ― to learn from friends

   попроси́ть у кого́-либо проще́ния ― poprosítʹ u kovó-libo proščénija ― to ask forgiveness of someone

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

• audio

  (file)

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

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

у • (u) (upper case У)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (H h), Ґ ґ (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (E e), Є є (Je je), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (Y y), І і (I i), Ї ї (Ji ji), 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), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Šč šč), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Ю ю (Ju ju), Я я (Ja ja)