# ý

| ý | U+00FD, &#253; LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE |
| Composition: | y [U+0079] + ◌́ [U+0301] |
| ← ü [U+00FC] | Latin-1 Supplement | þ → [U+00FE] |

## 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

* IPA: /ʊiː/
* Homophones: í, ið
* Rhymes: -ʊiː

### 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: /iː/
    Rhymes: -iː
* (letter name) IPA: /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

* IPA: /iː/

### 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, 2003–2025

## Tày
### Etymology

Ultimately from Chinese 意 (MC 'iH).

### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [ʔi˧˥]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [ʔi˦]

### Noun

ý
* a point (element in larger whole)
    ý cải ― gist, general idea
* what one means
    bấu chắc ý pền rừnot 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

## Turkmen
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /j/

### 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

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔi˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɪj˨˩˦]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɪj˦˥]
* Homophones: í, Ý
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### 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 tôi nói là phải cẩn thận một tí.What I meant to say is that one has to be a little more careful.
    Ý là cần nhiều thời gian hơn.Basically, that means we need more time.

##### See also

* chủ ý
* đại ý
* đắc ý
* hết ý
* phật ý
* thành ý
* tinh ý
* ưng ý
* vô ý
* vừa ý
* ý chí
* ý kiến
* ý nghĩa
* ý tứ
* ý vị

### 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

* (phoneme): (North Wales) IPA: /ˈɨ̞/
* (phoneme): (South Wales) IPA: /ˈɪ/

### 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.