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ы

/[ɨ]/
Russiancharacternounintj

Definitions

  1. 1.
    The twenty-ninth letter of the Russian alphabet, called ы (y) or еры (jery), and written in the Cyrillic script.
  2. 2.
    The name of the Cyrillic script letter ы.
  3. 3.
    lol, used to express laughter. Usually used as "ы-ы-ы", to show the crying sound you make after you were laughing for too long.
  4. 4.
    ы? as a closing clause: Understand? Agree?

Synonyms & related words

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Etymology

Like many Cyrillic letters, originally the letter "y"/"yery" was formed from a ligature: "ꙑ", formed from "ъ" and "і" (formerly written either dotless or with two dots (see "ї")) or "и", whose former letterform resembled "н". In medieval manuscripts, it is almost always found as "ъі" or "ъи". Once the letters "ъ" and "ь" subsequently lost their values as vowels in the Slavic languages, the current simplified form "ы" evolved.

Forms

  • yromanization
  • Ыuppercase

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