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й U+0439, й
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHORT I
Composition:и [U+0438] + ◌̆ [U+0306]
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Cyrillic к

Translingual

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Letter

й (upper case Й)

  1. A letter of the Cyrillic script, called short i.

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Abaza

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

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

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Adyghe

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

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

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Aghul

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Aghul alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Alutor

Letter

й (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Alutor alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Archi

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

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

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Avar

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Avar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Bashkir

Pronunciation

Letter

й (y) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Belarusian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2

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

Conjunction

й (j)

  1. and (variant of і (i), sometimes used after vowels in the Taraškievica standard and in poetry)

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The tenth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called и кратко (i kratko), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Usage notes

  • Sometimes used to replace ѝ (ì), including in more formal contexts such as the news. Possibly due to typesetting reasons.

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Buryat

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Buryat alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chechen

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Chechen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chukchi

Letter

й (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Chukchi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chuvash

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Chuvash alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Crimean Tatar

Letter

й (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Dargwa

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Dargwa alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Dungan

Letter

й (y) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Dungan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Eastern Mari

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Even

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Even alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Evenki

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Evenki alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ingush

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Ingush alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Itelmen

Letter

й (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Itelmen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kabardian

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kalmyk

Letter

й (y) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Kalmyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ي
Cyrillic й
Latin i

Pronunciation

Letter

й (i) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Khakas

Letter

й (y) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Khakas alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kumyk

Letter

й (y) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Kumyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kyrgyz

Letter

й (y) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called ий (iy), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Lezgi

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Lezgi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Mongolian

Pronunciation

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called хагас и (xagas i) or хагас й (xagas j), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Usage notes

This letter is only used as the second letter of diphthongs or in the long vowel ий.

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Nivkh

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Nivkh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Northern Mansi

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Northern Mansi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ossetian

Pronunciation

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Romanian

Letter

й (i) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Moldovan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Russian alphabet, called и краткое (i kratkoje) or ий (ij), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Southern Altai

Letter

й (y) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Southern Altai alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tabasaran

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Tabasaran alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tajik

Letter

й (y) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Tajik alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tatar

Letter

й (y) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tundra Nenets

Letter

й () (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tuvan

Letter

й (y) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Tuvan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Udmurt

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Udmurt alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called йот (jot) or й (j), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2

Conjunction

й (j)

  1. and
Usage notes
  • The forms й (j) (used after vowels) and і (i) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

Uzbek

Letter

й (y) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Western Mari

Letter

й (j) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Western Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Yakut

Letter

й (y) (lower case, upper case Й)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Yakut alphabet, called ый (ıy), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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