у

See also: y, ყ, and Variations of "y"

у - Translingual

Letter

у (upper case У)

A letter of the Cyrillic script, called u.

Gallery

Regular.
Italics.
Handwritten.

у - Abaza

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The forty-seventh letter of the Abaza alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Abkhaz

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The forty-first letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Adyghe

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The forty-first letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Aghul

Letter

у (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The thirty-third letter of the Aghul alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Alutor

Letter

у (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-seventh letter of the Alutor alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Archi

Letter

у (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The sixty-seventh letter of the Archi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Avar

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-ninth letter of the Avar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Azerbaijani

Letter

у (lower case, upper case У)

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

у - Bashkir

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /u/

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-seventh letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Belarusian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /u/

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

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

Pronunciation

IPA: [u]

Preposition

у • (u)

in (+ locative case)
to, into (+ accusative 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.

Alternative forms

ў (ŭ) (after vowels)
ва (va) (when the next word starts in ў; also before мне)
ува (uva) (before мне, ўсіх, ўсім; according to the Taraškievica standard, may be used before any word starting with ў and is mandatory before мне, ўсё, ўсіх, ўсім, ўсенькім)
ўва (ŭva) (according to the Taraškievica standard, is used after vowels before мне, ўсё, ўсіх, ўсім, ўсенькім)

Preposition

у • (u)

at, by, near, in the possession of (+ genitive 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.

у - Bulgarian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: [u]

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twentieth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called у (u), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Pronunciation

IPA: [u]

Preposition

у • (u)

at (someone)'s place
- у нас
  - u nas
  - at our place
- у дома́
  - u domá
  - at home
to (someone)'s place
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?”)
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

Pronunciation

IPA: [u]

Interjection

у • (u)

wow!
ugh, yuck

у - Buryat

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

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

у - Chechen

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-ninth letter of the Chechen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Chukchi

Letter

у (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case У)

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

у - Chuvash

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

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

у - Crimean Tatar

Letter

у (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Dargwa

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-ninth letter of the Dargwa alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Dungan

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

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

у - Eastern Mari

Adjective

у • (u)

Antonyms

(new) тошто (tošto)

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-third letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Even

Letter

у (u) (lower case, upper case У)

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

у - Evenki

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

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

у - Ingush

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-eighth letter of the Ingush alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Itelmen

Letter

у (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case У)

The thirty-second letter of the Itelmen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Kabardian

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The thirty-ninth letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Kalmyk

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-sixth letter of the Kalmyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Kazakh

Pronunciation

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

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-sixth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

Pronunciation

IPA: /uw/

Noun

у • (u)

poison

Declension

	singular (жекеше)	plural (көпше)
nominative (атау септік)	у (u)	улар (ular)
genitive (ілік септік)	удың (udyñ)	улардың (ulardyñ)
dative (барыс септік)	уға (uğa)	уларға (ularğa)
accusative (табыс септік)	уды (udy)	уларды (ulardy)
locative (жатыс септік)	уда (uda)	уларда (ularda)
ablative (шығыс септік)	удан (udan)	улардан (ulardan)
instrumental (көмектес септік)	умен (umen)	улармен (ularmen)

Derived terms

улау (ulau)

у - Khakas

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

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

у - Kumyk

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-sixth letter of the Kumyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Kyrgyz

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-third letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called у (u), and written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Lezgi

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-eighth letter of the Lezgi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Macedonian

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA: /u/
(letter name): IPA: [u]
Hyphenation: у

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-fifth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, called у (u), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Pronunciation

IPA: [u]
Hyphenation: у

Preposition

у • (u)

(dialectal) at, by, near
- у до́ма ― u dóma ― at home
- у ме́не сè е до́бро. ― u méne sè e dóbro. ― I'm fine. (literally, “Everything's fine with me.”)
- у на́с ― u nás ― at our place
(dialectal) in the possession of (used to express "to have")
- У те́бе и́ма мо́лив? ― U tébe íma móliv? ― Do you have a pencil?
- У ме́не не́ма мо́лив. ― U méne néma móliv. ― I don’t have a pencil.

Pronunciation

IPA: [u]
Hyphenation: у

Preposition

у • (u)

(dialectal) in
- О́дам у поне́делник. ― Ódam u ponédelnik. ― I'm going in Monday.

Pronunciation

IPA: [u]
Hyphenation: у

Interjection

у • (u)

wow!
- У! ― U! ― Wow!
ugh, yuck, ew
- У, шо? ― U, šo? ― Ew, what?

у - Mansi

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-seventh letter of the Mansi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Mongolian

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈʊ/
Syllabification: у (1 syllable)

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-second letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called у (u), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Noun

у • (u)

The name of the Cyrillic script letter У / у.

у - Nivkh

Letter

у (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The thirty-first letter of the Nivkh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Old East Slavic

Pronunciation

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA: /u/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA: /u/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA: /u/
Hyphenation: у

Preposition

у (u) (+ genitive)

at, by
away from
in the possession of

Descendants

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

Pronunciation

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA: /ˈu/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA: /ˈu/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA: /ˈu/
Hyphenation: у

Adverb

у (u)

Pronunciation

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA: /ˈu/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA: /ˈu/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA: /ˈu/
Hyphenation: у

Interjection

у (u)

alas!

Pronunciation

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA: /u/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA: /u/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA: /u/
Hyphenation: у

Preposition

у (u)

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

у - Orok

Letter

у (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-seventh letter of the Orok alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Ossetian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /u/, /w/

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-eighth letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Romanian

Letter

у (lower case, upper case У)

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

у - Russian

Pronunciation

IPA: [u]

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-first letter of the Russian alphabet, called у (u), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Noun

у • (u) n inan (indeclinable)

The name of the Cyrillic script letter У.
The name of the Latin-script letter U.

Noun

у • (u) m inan (indeclinable)

Wu (language)

Preposition

у • (u) (+ genitive case)

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.”)
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.
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.
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

у - Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA: /u/

Letter

у (lower case, upper case У, Latin spelling u)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

Preposition

у (Latin spelling u)

(+ 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
(+ 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
(+ 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?
(+ locative case) in, during (in expressions concerning time)
- у једном дану ― in one day
- у младости ― during one's youth

Preposition

у (Latin spelling u)

(+ genitive case) chez

у - Southern Altai

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Southern Altai alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Tabasaran

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-ninth letter of the Tabasaran alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Tajik

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

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

у - Tatar

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

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

у - Tundra Nenets

Letter

у • (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-second letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Tuvan

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-third letter of the Tuvan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Udmurt

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

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

у - Ukrainian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /u/

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called у (u), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Preposition

у • (u)

(+ locative case) in, at

Alternative forms

у - Uzbek

Letter

у (u) (lower case, upper case У)

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

у - Western Mari

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-third letter of the Western Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

у - Yakut

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

The twenty-seventh letter of the Yakut alphabet, called у (u), and written in the Cyrillic script.