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Boko
Noun
í
water
References
Bokobaru
Noun
í
water
References
Busa
Noun
í
water
References
Czech
Letter
í (lower case , upper case Í )
the sixteenth letter of the Czech alphabet, after i and before j
Dakota
Noun
í
mouth
Faroese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
í (upper case Í )
The eleventh letter of the Faroese alphabet , written in the Latin script .
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
Etymology 2
From Old Norse í , from Proto-Germanic *in , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én .
Pronunciation
Preposition
í
in , into , during
in
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Letter
í (lower case , upper case Í )
The sixteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet , called í and written in the Latin script .
Declension
See also
( Latin-script letters) betű ; A a , Á á , B b , C c , Cs cs , D d , Dz dz , Dzs dzs , E e , É é , F f , G g , Gy gy , H h , I i , Í í , J j , K k , L l , Ly ly , M m , N n , Ny ny , O o , Ó ó , Ö ö , Ő ő , P p , R r , S s , Sz sz , T t , Ty ty , U u , Ú ú , Ü ü , Ű ű , V v , Z z , Zs zs . Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y . Commonly used: ch . Also defined: à ë . In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ .
Further reading
í in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh . A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Letter
í (upper case Í )
The twelfth 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
Etymology 2
From Old Norse í , from Proto-Germanic *in , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én .
Preposition
í
in ; to ( direction )
Ég geng í kirkjuna. ― I walk to the church
in ( location )
Hann er í húsinu. ― He is in the house
for ; over ( spanning a time period )
Við ókum í tvær klukkustundir. ― We drove for two hours.
Derived terms
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From sí with loss of s- by analogy with é ( “ him ” ) .
Pronoun
í (emphatic form ise , disjunctive )
she , her
( referring to a feminine noun ) it
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
í
Alternative form of uí ( “ grandson, descendant ” )
Etymology 3
Letter
í (upper case Í )
The letter i with an acute accent , known as í fada ( literally “ long i ” ) .
Noun
í
The name of the Latin-script letter i /I .
See also
( Latin-script letters) litir ; A a (Á á ), B b (Bh bh , bhF bhf , bP bp ), C c (Ch ch ), D d (Dh dh , dT dt ), E e (É é ), F f (Fh fh ), G g (gC gc , Gh gh ), H h , I i (Í í ), L l , M m (mB mb , Mh mh ), N n (nD nd , nG ng ), O o (Ó ó ), P p (Ph ph ), R r , S s (Sh sh ), T t (Th th , tS ts ), U u (Ú ú ), V v
( diacritics ) ◌́ ◌̇
( dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type ) Ḃ ḃ , Ċ ċ , Ḋ ḋ , Ḟ ḟ , Ġ ġ , Ṁ ṁ , Ṗ ṗ , Ṡ ẛ ṡ , Ṫ ṫ
( Latin-script letter names ) litir ; á , bé , cé , dé , é , eif , gé , héis , í , jé , cá , eil , eim , ein , ó , pé , cú , ear , eas , té , ú , vé , wae , ex , yé , zae
Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.
Mutation
Mutated forms of í
radical
eclipsis
with h -prothesis
with t -prothesis
í
n-í
hí
not applicable
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Navajo
Letter
í (upper case Í )
A variant of i representing an /i/ with a high tone
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a (Á á , Ą ą , Ą́ ą́ ), B b , Ch ch , Chʼ chʼ , D d , Dl dl , Dz dz , E e (É é , Ę ę , Ę́ ę́ ), G g , Gh gh , H h , Hw hw , X x , I i (Í í , Į į , Į́ į́ ), J j , K k , Kʼ kʼ , Kw kw , ʼ , L l , Ł ł , M m , N n (Ń ń ), O o (Ó ó , Ǫ ǫ , Ǫ́ ǫ́ ), S s , Sh sh , T t , Tʼ tʼ , Tł tł , Tłʼ tłʼ , Ts ts , Tsʼ tsʼ , W w , Y y , Z z , Zh zh
Noon
Pronunciation
Letter
í (upper case Í )
A letter of the Noon alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Particle
í
deictic particle, used mostly in combination with the definite article or a demonstrative determiner/pronoun
Derived terms
Preposition
í
Alternative spelling of i
Further reading
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “4 í, hí ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940 ) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin , transl., A Grammar of Old Irish , Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN , §§ 474, 475.2 , pages 299–301 ; reprinted 2017
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *in ( “ in, into ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ( “ in ” ) .
Preposition
í
in remaining in a place
in motion towards a place
Derived terms
Descendants
Icelandic: í
Faroese: í , íggj
Norn: i
Norwegian Nynorsk: i
Norwegian Bokmål: i
Elfdalian: i
Old Swedish: ī
Danish: i
References
Portuguese
Etymology
The letter i with an acute accent .
Letter
í
a letter of the Portuguese alphabet
Slovene
Etymology 1
Letter i with acute (◌́ ) to signify long stressed vowel.
Pronunciation
( phoneme ) Pronunciation of í (ī)
• ( Standard Slovene, tonal ) IPA (key ) : /ˈíː/ , /ˈìː/ , , , , , , , SNPT : /ī/ • ( Standard Slovene, non-tonal ) IPA (key ) : /ˈiː/ , SNPT : /í/
Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
( letter name ) Pronunciation of í (ó ī)
• ( Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects ) IPA (key ) : , , SNPT :
Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
Letter
í (lower case , upper case Í )
Additional letter, used to denote the long stress on i .
Symbol
í
( non-tonal SNPT ) Phonetic transcription of sound .
Etymology 2
Letter i with acute (◌́ ) to signify long low-pitched vowel.
Pronunciation
( phoneme ) Pronunciation of í (í)
• ( Standard Slovene, tonal ) IPA (key ) : /ˈìː/ , , , , SNPT : /í/ • ( Standard Slovene, non-tonal ) IPA (key ) : /ˈiː/ , SNPT : /í/
Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
( letter name ) Pronunciation of í (ȋ ó ī)
• ( Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects ) IPA (key ) : , , SNPT ( tonal ) : • ( Some Upper Carniolan and Carinthian dialects, particularly Rosen Valley dialect ) IPA (key ) : , , SNPT ( tonal ) :
Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
Miscellaneous
• Rhymes: -iː ( non-tonal )
• Hyphenation: í
Symbol
í
( tonal SNPT ) Phonetic transcription of sound .
Usage notes
Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.
Etymology 3
Letter i with acute (◌́ ) to signify short vowel.
Pronunciation
Dialectal pronunciations
Carinthian dialects
North Pohorje–Remšnik dialect
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Mežica dialect
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Jaun Valley dialect
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Ebriach dialect
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Rosen Valley dialect
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Gail Valley dialect
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Littoral dialects
Resian dialect
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Soča dialect
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Torre Valley dialect
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Natisone Valley dialect
IPA (key ) : /ˈi/ , SNPT ( Logar transcription ) : /ˈi/
Brda dialect
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Karst dialect
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Istrian dialect
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Inner carniolan dialect
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Rovte dialects
Tolmin dialect
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Cerkno dialect
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Poljane dialect
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Škofja Loka dialect
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Črni Vrh dialect
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Horjul dialect
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Upper Carniolan dialects
Upper Carniolan dialect
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Selca dialect
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Lower Carniolan dialects
Lower Carniolan dialect
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North White Carniolan dialect
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South White Carniolan dialect
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Čabranka dialect
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Kostel dialect
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Mixed Kočevje subdialects
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Styrian dialects
Central Savinja dialect
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Upper Savinja dialect
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Central Styrian dialect
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South Pohorje dialect
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Kozje–Bizeljsko dialect
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Lower Sava Valley dialect
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Pannonian dialects
Prekmurje dialect
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Slovenian Hills dialect
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Prlekija dialect
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Haloze dialect
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Letter
í (lower case , upper case Í )
( Natisone Valley dialect ) Additional letter, used to denote the short stress on i .
Etymology 4
Letter i with acute (◌́ ) to signify stressed vowel.
Pronunciation
Dialectal pronunciations
Carinthian dialects
North Pohorje–Remšnik dialect
–
Mežica dialect
–
Jaun Valley dialect
–
Ebriach dialect
–
Rosen Valley dialect
–
Gail Valley dialect
–
Littoral dialects
Resian dialect
IPA (key ) : /ˈi/ , SNPT ( Logar transcription ) : /iː/
Soča dialect
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Torre Valley dialect
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Natisone Valley dialect
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Brda dialect
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Karst dialect
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Istrian dialect
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Inner carniolan dialect
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Rovte dialects
Tolmin dialect
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Cerkno dialect
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Poljane dialect
–
Škofja Loka dialect
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Črni Vrh dialect
–
Horjul dialect
–
Upper Carniolan dialects
Upper Carniolan dialect
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Selca dialect
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Lower Carniolan dialects
Lower Carniolan dialect
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North White Carniolan dialect
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South White Carniolan dialect
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Čabranka dialect
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Kostel dialect
–
Mixed Kočevje subdialects
–
Styrian dialects
Central Savinja dialect
–
Upper Savinja dialect
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Central Styrian dialect
–
South Pohorje dialect
–
Kozje–Bizeljsko dialect
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Lower Sava Valley dialect
–
Pannonian dialects
Prekmurje dialect
–
Slovenian Hills dialect
–
Prlekija dialect
–
Haloze dialect
–
Letter
í (lower case , upper case Í )
( Resian ) Additional letter, used to denote the stress on i .
See also
References
Toporišič, Jože (2000 ) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja, →ISBN
Steenwijk, Han (1994 ) Ortografia resiana = Tö jošt rozajanskë pïsanjë (overall work in Italian and Slovene), Padua: CLEUP
Špehonja, Nino (2012 ) Nediška gramatika (in Italian), Poligrafice San Marco
Spanish
Letter
í
A letter of the Latin alphabet representing the accented sound /i/
See also
( Latin-script letters) letra ; A a (Á á ), B b , C c , D d , E e (É é ), F f , G g , H h , I i (Í í ), J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , Ñ ñ , O o (Ó ó ), P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u (Ú ú , Ü ü ), V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z
Tlingit
Pronunciation
Letter
í (upper case Í )
A letter of the Tlingit alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
Canada: ( Latin-script letters) A a , Á á , À à , Â â , Ch ch , Chʼ chʼ , D d , Dł dł , Dz dz , E e , É é , È è , Ê ê , G g , Gw gw , Gh gh , Ghw ghw , H h , I i , Í í , Ì ì , Î î , J j , K k , Kw kw , Kʼ kʼ , Kʼw kʼw , Kh kh , Khw khw , Khʼ khʼ , Khʼw khʼw (L l ), Ł ł , Łʼ łʼ (M m ), N n (O o ), S s , Sʼ sʼ , Sh sh , T t , Tʼ tʼ , Tl tl , Tlʼ tlʼ , Ts ts , Tsʼ tsʼ , U u , Ú ú , Ù ù , Û û , W w , X x , Xw xw , Xʼ xʼ , Xʼw xʼw , Xh xh , Xhw xhw , Xhʼ xhʼ , Xhʼw xhʼw , Y y (Ÿ ÿ ), ․
US: ( Latin-script letters) A a , Á á , Aa aa , Áa áa , Ch ch , Chʼ chʼ , D d , Dl dl , Dz dz , E e , É é , Ee ee , Ée ée , Ei ei , Éi éi , G g , Gw gw , G̱ g̱ , G̱w g̱w , H h , I i , Í í , J j , K k , Kw kw , Kʼ kʼ , Kʼw kʼw , Ḵ ḵ , Ḵw ḵw , Ḵʼ ḵʼ , Ḵʼw ḵʼw , L l , Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ , M m ), N n (O o ), Oo oo , Óo óo , S s , Sʼ sʼ , Sh sh , T t , Tʼ tʼ , Tl tl , Tlʼ tlʼ , Ts ts , Tsʼ tsʼ , U u , Ú ú , W w , X x , Xw xw , Xʼ xʼ , Xʼw xʼw , X̱ x̱ , X̱w x̱w , X̱ʼ x̱ʼ , X̱ʼw x̱ʼw , Y y (Ÿ ÿ , Y̱ y̱ ), ․
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Determiner
í
Pronunciation spelling of ấy ( “ that ” ) , representing Northern Vietnam Vietnamese .
Particle
í
Pronunciation spelling of ấy , representing Northern Vietnam Vietnamese .
Welsh
Pronunciation
Letter
í (upper case Í )
The letter I, marked for its short vocalic pronunciation when in a stressed final syllable of a polysyllabic word.