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Czech
Letter
ý (lower case, upper case Ý)
- 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
Letter
ý (upper case Ý)
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script., after y and before æ
Verb
ý
- imperative of ýa
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, 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)
- 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, Ð ð, 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
Letter
ý (upper case Ý)
- 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 Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Tày
Etymology
Ultimately from Chinese 意 (MC 'iH).
Pronunciation
Noun
ý
- a point (element in larger whole)
- ý cải ― gist, general idea
- 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] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
Tupinambá
Noun
ý
- 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
Letter
ý (upper case Ý)
- 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
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 意.
Noun
ý
- Clipping of ý tưởng (“idea”).
Tôi có ý này.- I have an ("this") idea.
- a point (element in larger whole)
- ý chính ― main point; key point
Bài có ba ý.- There are three key points to this essay.
- 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
Etymology 2
Determiner
ý
- Alternative spelling of í; Northern Vietnam form of ấy
- đằng í/ý ― you
- chị í/ý ― she; her
Particle
ý
- Alternative spelling of í; Northern Vietnam form of ấy
Welsh
Pronunciation
Letter
ý (upper case Ý)
- The letter Y, marked for one of its short pronunciations, (/ɨ̞/ or /ɪ/), when in a stressed final syllable of a polysyllabic word of a polysyllabic word.