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abbr.
  1. Economics. interest
  2. intransitive

 
 
WordNet: i
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
  Synonyms: one, 1, ane

 
Wikipedia: i (Cyrillic)


Cyrillic letter I
Image:Cyrillic letter I.png
Cyrillic numerals: 8
Unicode (hex)
majuscule: U+0418
minuscule: U+0438
Cyrillic alphabet
А Б В Г Ґ Д Ѓ
Ђ Е Ѐ Ё Є Ж З
Ѕ И Ѝ І Ї Й Ј
К Л Љ М Н Њ О
П Р С Т Ћ Ќ У
Ў Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш
Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ Ӓ Ә Ӛ Ӕ Ғ Ӷ
Ҕ Ӗ Ҽ Ҿ Ӂ Җ Ӝ
Ҙ Ӟ Ӡ Ӥ Ӣ Ӏ Ҋ
Қ Ҟ Ҡ Ӄ Ҝ Ӆ Ӎ
Ҥ Ң Ӊ Ӈ Ӧ Ө Ӫ
Ҩ Ҧ Ҏ Ҫ Ҭ Ӳ Ӱ
Ӯ Ү Ұ Ҳ Һ Ҵ Ӵ
Ҷ Ӌ Ҹ Ӹ Ҍ Ӭ  
Archaic letters
Ҁ Ѹ Ѡ Ѿ Ѻ Ѣ ІА
Ѥ Ѧ Ѫ Ѩ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ
Ѳ Ѵ Ѷ        
List of Cyrillic letters

I or Y (И, и) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet, representing /i/ in Russian and /ɪ/ in Ukrainian. It is derived from the Greek letter eta (Η, η representing [ɛː] in Ancient Greek and [i] in Modern Greek).

Origins

In the early Cyrillic alphabet there was little or no distinction between the letters И (izhe) and І (i), descended from the Greek letters Η (eta) and Ι (iota). They both remained in the alphabetical repertoire because they represented different numbers in the Cyrillic numeral system, eight and ten, and are therefore sometimes referred to as octal I and decimal I.

Usage

It is the tenth letter of the Russian alphabet, and in Russian it represents /i/, like the i in machine. Although in isolation it is not preceded by the /j/ semivowel like other "soft" vowels (е, ё, ю, and я), in Russian it is considered the soft counterpart to ы, which represents [ɨ], because it denotes a preceding soft consonant. In Ukrainian and Belarusian, the sound /i/ is represented by the letter і, sometimes called Ukrainian I.

The letter и is the eleventh letter of the Ukrainian alphabet.

Belarusian has dispensed entirely with the letter и.

With a breve, it forms the letter й, called I kratkoye ("short I") in Russian, similarly I kratko in Bulgarian, or Yot in Ukrainian and it represents the y in English "yes."

It is transliterated from Russian as i, or from Ukrainian as y or i, using different romanization systems. See romanization of Russian and romanization of Ukrainian.

Shape

Originally, Cyrillic И, и had the shape identical to Greek uppercase Η or Latin uppercase H. Later, the middle stroke turned counterclockwise which made the modern form similar to the mirrored Latin alphabet's capital N (this is why И is used in faux Cyrillic typography). But style of the two letters is not fully identical: in Roman-type fonts, И has serifs on all four corners, whereas N only on bottom-left and top-right ones; also, И has (contrarily to N) thicker vertical lines than the diagonal one. Lowercase и in regular fonts has the same shape as uppercase И. In italic (cursive) fonts, lowercase и may look like Latin u. In handwritten (calligraphic) fonts, both lower- and uppercase forms of и have usually the shape of handwritten Latin lowercase u.

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Translations: I

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - jeg

2.
symb. - i

1.
n. - bogstavet I, det niende bogstav i alfabetet

2.
pron. - jeg
n. - jeget

3.
abbr. - Island (Landkort), Italien (Autokendingsbogstav)

Nederlands (Dutch)
ik, 1, jodium

Français (French)
1.
n. - i (lettre), i (phonème), i (le neuvième d'une série), (qch) en forme de i

2.
symb. - (Math) nombre imaginaire, (Phys) spin isotopique, isospin

1.
n. - I (neuvième lettre de l'alphabet)

2.
pron. - je (1ère pers. du sing.)
n. - l'ego

3.
abbr. - (abrév écrite = Island) île, (abrév = Italy) I/Italie (plaque d'immatriculation internationale)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - i, 9. angenommene Person oder Fall, I I-förmiger Gegenstand

2.
symb. - i (Math) imaginäre Einheit, isotopischer Spin

1.
n. - I (9. Buchstabe des englischen Alphabets)

2.
pron. - ich
n. - Ego, Ich

3.
abbr. - Insel(n), Unabhängigkeit, Zinsen, intransitiv
symb. - I (römische Zahlzeichen), (Chem) Jod, (Elek) Strom

Ελληνική (Greek)
pron. - εγώ
symb. - (χημ.) ιώδιο
abbr. - νήσος

Italiano (Italian)
I, io

Português (Portuguese)
pron. - eu
symb. - iodo (Quím.), interstate, unidade (f) imaginária (Mat.), spin (m) isotópico (Fís.), intensidade (f) de corrente (Eletr.), isoleucina (Bioq.)
abbr. - estrada (f) interestadual (com um número)
pref. - negação (imatura)

Русский (Russian)
я

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - emperador

2.
symb. - unidad imaginaria (raíz de -1)

1.
n. - novena letra del alfabeto inglés

2.
pron. - Yo
n. - el ego

3.
abbr. - isla (en mapas) , Italia (registro internacional de vehículos)

Svenska (Swedish)
pron. - jag
symb. - jod
abbr. - Imperial, Independence, Independent, Institute, International, Irish, Island, Isle

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 我, 字母i, 课程未修完

2. 罗马数字1

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
abbr. - 羅馬數字1

2.
pron. - 我
n. - 字母i, 課程未修完

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 알파벳 소문자 'i', i'자 모양의 것

2.
symb. - iodine(요오드), imaginary unit(허수단위), interest(흥미,이자), intransitive(자동사[의])

1.
n. - 알파벳 'I', I'자 모양의 것

2.
pron. - 인칭대명사 제1인칭 단수 주격
n. - 자아, 나

3.
abbr. - island(섬), Italy(이태리)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - アイ, I字形のもの
pron. - 私は, 私が

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ضمير) ضمير المتكلم المفرد " أنا " (علامه) رمز عنصر اليود (اختصار) اختصار كلمه جزيرة " Island "‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כל הגה המיוצג ע"י "I", תשיעי בסידרה, דבר בצורת "I"‬
symb. - ‮יחידה מדומה (מתמטיקה), מספר קוונטי הקשור בערכי מטען חשמלי של חלקיקי באריון או מזון מסוימים (פיסיקה)‬
n. - ‮האות I‬
pron. - ‮אני‬
n. - ‮האני - תודעה עצמית‬
abbr. - ‮אי(ים), (קיצור), איטליה (סמל רכב בינלאומי)‬
symb. - ‮הספרה 1 (ספרות רומיות), יוד (יסוד), איסולוסין (חומצת אמינו הקיימת בחלבונים), זרם חשמלי‬

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