# і

| і | U+0456, &#1110; CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER BYELORUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN I |
| ← ѕ [U+0455] | Cyrillic | ї → [U+0457] |

## Translingual
### Letter

і (upper case І)
* A letter of the Cyrillic script, called dotted i or decimal i.

### Letter

і (upper case І)
* A letter of the Old Cyrillic script, called izhei.

#### See also

* і on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* ї (orthographical variant)

### Gallery

* Regular.
* Italics.

## Belarusian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /i/

#### Letter

і • (i) (lower case, upper case І)
* The tenth letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, І і, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ў ў, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *ei, an early locative singular determiner, formed from the root *h₁e-, *h₁o-. Compare Ancient Greek εἰ (ei, “if”), Gothic 𐌴𐌹 (ei, “and, so that, be it”). Follows from ablative Proto-Indo-European *ed.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ji]

#### Conjunction

і • (i)
* and
    Synonym: ды (dy)

## Carpathian Rusyn
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *ei, an early locative singular determiner, formed from the root *h₁e-, *h₁o-. Compare Ancient Greek εἰ (ei, “if”), Gothic 𐌴𐌹 (ei, “and, so that, be it”). Follows from ablative Proto-Indo-European *ed.

#### Conjunction

і • (i)
* and

##### Synonyms

* а (a)

### Etymology 2
#### Letter

і • (i) (upper case І)
* The twelfth letter of the Rusyn alphabet

## Kazakh

Alternative scripts :
| Arabic | ى ,ٸ |
| Cyrillic | і |
| Latin | ı |
| Yañalif | j |

### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ɘ/

### Letter

і • (ı) (lower case, upper case І)
* The thirty-eighth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ә ә, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ұ ұ, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, І і, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Khakas
### Letter

і • (ì) (lower case, upper case І)
* The thirteenth letter of the Khakas alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, І і, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ӧ ӧ, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ӱ ӱ, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ӌ ӌ, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Old Church Slavonic
### Letter

і • (i) (lower case, upper case І)
* A letter of the Old Church Slavonic alphabet, called и (i) or ижеи (ižei), and written in the Old Cyrillic script.

### See also

* (Old Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е (Є є), Ж ж, Ѕ ѕ (Ꙃ ꙃ), З з (Ꙁ ꙁ), И и, І і (Ї ї), Ꙉ ꙉ, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Оу оу (Ꙋ ꙋ), Ф ф, Х х, Ѡ ѡ (Ѿ ѿ), Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ꙑ ꙑ, Ь ь, Ѣ ѣ, Ꙗ ꙗ, Ѥ ѥ, Ю ю, Ѫ ѫ, Ѭ ѭ, Ѧ ѧ (Ꙙ ꙙ), Ѩ ѩ (Ꙝ ꙝ), Ѯ ѯ, Ѱ ѱ, Ѳ ѳ, Ѵ ѵ, Ҁ ҁ

## Old Novgorodian
### Letter

і • (i) (lower case, upper case І)
* Alternative form of И (I): A letter of the Old Novgorodian alphabet, written in the Old Cyrillic script.
** c. 1160‒1180, Берестяная грамота № Свинц. 2 [Birchbark letter no. Lead 2]‎, Novgorod:а б в г д е ж ѕ ꙁ и і кa b v g d je ž dz z i i k
** c. 1180‒1200, Берестяная грамота № 460 [Birchbark letter no. 460]‎, Novgorod:а б в г д е ж ꙅ ꙁ и ї к л м н о п р с т уо ѳ х ѡ ц ч ш щ ъ ѣ ѫ ю у ѧa b v g d je ž dz z i i k l m n o p r s t u θ x o ć ć š ść ŭ jě ǫ ju u ję
** c. 1200‒1220, Берестяная грамота № 778 [Birchbark letter no. 778]‎, Novgorod:а б в г д е ж ꙃ ꙁ и ї к л м н о п р с т оу ф х ѿ ц ч ш ъ ѣ ѫ ѫ ю ѧa b v g d je ž dz z i i k l m n o p r s t u f x otŭ ć ć š ŭ jě ǫ ǫ ju ję
** c. 1240‒1260, Onfim, Берестяная грамота № 201 [Birchbark letter no. 201]‎, Novgorod:а б : в г : д е : ж ꙅ : ꙁ и : і к : л м : н о : п р : с т : у ѳ х ѿ : ц ч : ш щ : ъ ꙑ : ь ѣ : ꙋ ю : ѫ ѧ : …a b : v g : d je : ž dz : z i : i k : l m : n o : p r : s t : u θ x otŭ : ć ć : š ść : ŭ y : ĭ jě : u ju : ǫ ję : …
** c. 1240‒1260, Onfim, Берестяная грамота № 205 [Birchbark letter no. 205]‎, Novgorod:а б в г д е ж ꙅ ꙁ и і к л м н о п р с т у ѳ х отъ ц ч ш щ ъ ꙑ ь ѣ ꙋ ю ѫ ѧa b v g d je ž dz z i i k l m n o p r s t u θ x otŭ ć ć š ść ŭ y ĭ jě u ju ǫ ję
** c. 1360‒1380, Берестяная грамота № 576 [Birchbark letter no. 576]‎, Novgorod:+ а б в г д е ж ꙅ ꙁ и і к л м н о п р с т у ф х+ a b v g d je ž dz z i i k l m n o p r s t u f x
** c. 1380‒1400, Берестяная грамота № Ст. Р. 24 [Birchbark letter no. St. R. 24]‎, Staraya Russa:а б в г д е ж [ꙅ] ꙁ и і к л м н о п р с т у ф х [ѿ] ѡ ц ч ш щ ъ ꙑ ь ѣ ѧa b v g d je ž [dz] z i i k l m n o p r s t u f x [otŭ] o ć ć š ść ŭ y ĭ jě ję

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [i]

### Letter

і • (i) (lower case, upper case І)
* (obsolete) Letter dotted i (Cyrillic) (in Russian: и десятери́чное n (i desjateríčnoje, “i decimal”). Replaced by the letter И (I) in the spelling reform of 1917.

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [i]
* Audio (male voice):(file)
* Audio (female voice):(file)

### Etymology 1
#### Letter

і • (i) (lower case, upper case І)
* The twelfth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called і (i), and written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, І і, Ї ї, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я

### Etymology 2

From Old Ukrainian и (i), from Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *ei, an early locative singular determiner, formed from the root *h₁e-, *h₁o-. Compare Greek εἰ (ei, “if”), Gothic 𐌴𐌹 (ei, “and, so that, be it”). Follows from ablative Proto-Indo-European *ed.

#### Conjunction

і • (i)
* and, also, even

##### Usage notes

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

##### Synonyms

* й (j) (used after vowels)
* та (ta) (usually used between a vowel and then a consonant)

#### Particle

і • (i)
* Augmentative particle, even, and.

### Etymology 3

Primal interjection in response to pain, fear, surprise. Common to many languages.

#### Interjection

і • (i)
* Expressing pain, fear, surprise, joy, disappointment, anger, hatred, etc.

### References

* Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “і”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Латинська абетка on the Ukrainian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{uk}$