í

See also:Appendix:Variations of "i"

í U+00ED,í LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE Composition: i[U+0069]+◌́[U+0301] ←ì [U+00EC] Latin-1 Supplement î→ [U+00EE]

Boko

Noun

í

1. water

References

• V Vydrin,On the Problem of the Proto-Mande Homeland(JOLR,2009)

Bokobaru

Noun

í

1. water

References

• V Vydrin,On the Problem of the Proto-Mande Homeland(JOLR,2009)

Busa

Noun

í

1. water

References

• V Vydrin,On the Problem of the Proto-Mande Homeland(JOLR,2009)

Czech

Letter

í(lower case,upper caseÍ)

1. the sixteenth letter of the Czech alphabet, afteriand beforej

Dakota

Noun

í

1. mouth

Faroese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ʊiː/

  Rhymes:-ʊiː

  Homophones:ý,ið

Letter

í(upper caseÍ)

1. The eleventhletterof the Faroesealphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)bókstavur;Aa,Áá,Bb,Dd,Ðð,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Óó,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Úú,Vv,Yy,Ýý,Ææ,Øø

Etymology 2

FromOld Norseí,fromProto-Germanic*in,fromProto-Indo-European*h₁én.

Alternative forms

• íggj

Pronunciation

• (stressed)IPA^(key):/ʊiː/
• (unstressed)IPA^(key):/ɪ/

  Rhymes:-ʊiː

Preposition

í

1. in,into,during[withaccusative]
2. in[withdative]

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):[ˈiː]
• (letter name):IPA^(key):[ˈiː]

Letter

í(lower case,upper caseÍ)

1. The sixteenthletterof the Hungarianalphabet,calledíand written in theLatin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	í	í-k
accusative	í-t	í-ket
dative	í-nek	í-knek
instrumental	í-vel	í-kkel
causal-final	í-ért	í-kért
translative	í-vé	í-kké
terminative	í-ig	í-kig
essive-formal	í-ként	í-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	í-ben	í-kben
superessive	í-n	í-ken
adessive	í-nél	í-knél
illative	í-be	í-kbe
sublative	í-re	í-kre
allative	í-hez	í-khez
elative	í-ből	í-kből
delative	í-ről	í-kről
ablative	í-től	í-ktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	í-é	í-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	í-éi	í-kéi

Possessive formsofí
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	í-m	í-im
2nd person sing.	í-d	í-id
3rd person sing.	í-je	í-i
1st person plural	í-nk	í-ink
2nd person plural	í-tek	í-itek
3rd person plural	í-jük	í-ik

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)betű;Aa,Áá,Bb,Cc,Cscs,Dd,Dzdz,Dzsdzs,Ee,Éé,Ff,Gg,Gygy,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Lyly,Mm,Nn,Nyny,Oo,Óó,Öö,Őő,Pp,Rr,Ss,Szsz,Tt,Tyty,Uu,Úú,Üü,Űű,Vv,Zz,Zszs.Only in the extended alphabet:QqWwXxYy.Commonly used:ch.Also defined:àë.In surnames (selection):äaaczdseéeöewoeoóthtsÿ.

Further reading

• íinBárczi, GézaandLászló 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

• IPA^(key):/iː/

  Rhymes:-iː

Etymology 1

Letter

í(upper caseÍ)

1. The twelfthletterof the Icelandicalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)bókstafur;Aa,Áá,Bb,Dd,Ðð,Ee,Éé,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Óó,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Úú,Vv,Xx,Yy,Ýý,Þþ,Ææ,Öö

Etymology 2

FromOld Norseí,fromProto-Germanic*in,fromProto-Indo-European*h₁én.

Preposition

í

1. in;to(direction)[withaccusative]

   Ég gengíkirkjuna.―I walktothe church

2. in(location)[withdative]

   Hann eríhúsinu.―He isinthe house

3. for;over(spanning a time period)[withaccusative]

   Við ókumítvær klukkustundir.―We drovefortwo hours.

Derived terms

• borga út í hönd
• breiðast út eins og eldur í sinu/fara eins og eldur í sinu
• bölva í sand og ösku
• elda ofan í
• falla allur ketill í eld
• fara í kringum
• fara í kringum eins og köttur í kringum heitan graut
• farðu í rassgat
• fela í sér
• fetta fingur út í
• ganga eins og í sögu
• ganga í kringum
• glugga í
• hafa bein í nefinu
• hafa mörg járn í eldinum
• hringja í
• höggva í spað
• í bráð
• í húð og hár
• í nafni
• í senn
• í símanum
• í sundur
• í trúnaði
• íbúð
• kaupa köttinn í sekknum
• láta í friði
• leiðast út í
• liggja í kör
• lofa upp í ermina
• morgunstund gefur gull í mund
• ná sér í
• setjast í helgan stein
• sinn er siður í landi hverju
• sjá í gegnum fingur við
• skara í eldinn
• spá í
• svara í sömu mynt
• takast í hendur
• tala í kringum
• toga í
• þykja súrt í broti

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/iː/
• Homophones:aoi,Í,íoth(Cois Fharraige),ithe(Cois Fharraige),oíche,uí,Uí

Etymology 1

Fromsíwith loss ofs-by analogy withé(“him”).

Pronoun

í(emphatic formise,disjunctive)

1. she,her
2. (referring to a feminine noun)it

See also

Irish personal pronouns

Number	Person (and gender)	Conjunctive (emphatic)	Disjunctive (emphatic)	Possessive determiner
Singular	First	mé (mise)		moL m'before vowel sounds
	Second	tú (tusa)1	thú (thusa)	doL d'before vowel sounds
	Third masculine	sé (seisean)	é (eisean)	aL
	Third feminine	sí (sise)	í (ise)	aH
	Third neuter	—	ea	—
Plural	First	muid,sinn (muidne,muide), (sinne)		árE
	Second	sibh (sibhse)1		bhurE
	Third	siad (siadsan)	iad (iadsan)	aE

^LTriggerslenition^ETriggerseclipsis^HTriggersh-prothesis

¹Also used as thevocative

Thereflexiveis formed by addingféinto the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" =mé féin,"yourselves" =sibh féin.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Noun

í

1. Alternative form ofuí(“grandson, descendant”)

Etymology 3

Letter

í(upper caseÍ)

1. The letteriwith anacute accent,known asífada(literally“long i”).

Noun

í

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletteri/I.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)litir;Aa(Áá),Bb(Bhbh,bhFbhf,bPbp),Cc(Chch),Dd(Dhdh,dTdt),Ee(Éé),Ff(Fhfh),Gg(gCgc,Ghgh),Hh,Ii(Íí),Ll,Mm(mBmb,Mhmh),Nn(nDnd,nGng),Oo(Óó),Pp(Phph),Rr,Ss(Shsh),Tt(Thth,tSts),Uu(Úú),Vv
• (diacritics)◌́◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly inGaelic type)Ḃḃ,Ċċ,Ḋḋ,Ḟḟ,Ġġ,Ṁṁ,Ṗṗ,Ṡẛṡ,Ṫṫ
• (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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	withh-prothesis	witht-prothesis
í	n-í	hí	not applicable
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Navajo

Letter

í(upper caseÍ)

1. A variant ofirepresenting an /i/ with a high tone

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa(Áá,Ąą,Ą́ą́),Bb,Chch,Chʼchʼ,Dd,Dldl,Dzdz,Ee(Éé,Ęę,Ę́ę́),Gg,Ghgh,Hh,Hwhw,Xx,Ii(Íí,Įį,Į́į́),Jj,Kk,Kʼkʼ,Kwkw,ʼ,Ll,Łł,Mm,Nn(Ńń),Oo(Óó,Ǫǫ,Ǫ́ǫ́),Ss,Shsh,Tt,Tʼtʼ,Tłtł,Tłʼtłʼ,Tsts,Tsʼtsʼ,Ww,Yy,Zz,Zhzh

Noon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/i̘/

Letter

í(upper caseÍ)

1. Aletterof the Noonalphabet,written in theLatin script.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• hí

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/iː/

Particle

í

1. deictic particle, used mostly in combination with the definite article or a demonstrative determiner/pronoun

Derived terms

• arindí
• iarsindí
• intí
• ísin
• isindí

Preposition

í

1. Alternative spelling ofi

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “4 í, hí”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf(1940)D. A. BinchyandOsborn Bergin,transl.,A Grammar of Old Irish,Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies,→ISBN,§§ 474, 475.2,pages 299–301;reprinted 2017(Please provide a date or year)

Old Norse

Etymology

FromProto-Germanic*in(“in, into”),fromProto-Indo-European*h₁én(“in”).

Preposition

í

1. inremaining in a place[withdative]
2. inmotion towards a place[withaccusative]

Derived terms

• í gegnum
• í milli

Descendants

• Icelandic:í
• Faroese:í,íggj
• Norn:i
• Norwegian Nynorsk:i
• Norwegian Bokmål:i
• Elfdalian:i
• Old Swedish:ī
  • Swedish:i
• Danish:i

References

• “í” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon —An Icelandic-English Dictionary(1874)

Portuguese

Etymology

The letteriwith anacute accent.

Letter

í

1. a letter of the Portuguese alphabet

Slovene

Etymology 1

Letteriwith acute (◌́) to signify long stressed vowel.

Pronunciation

(phoneme)Pronunciation of í (ī)

•(Standard Slovene, tonal)IPA(key):/ˈíː/,/ˈìː/,[ˈîː],[ˈǐː],[ˈɪ́ː],[ˈɪ̀ː],[ˈɪ̂ː],[ˈɪ̌ː],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 [dôu̯gi í] (ó ī)

•(Standard Slovene, tonal)IPA(key):[ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡí ˈîː],[ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡí ˈǐː],SNPT:[dó̭u̯gi ī](dolgi i) •(Standard Slovene, non-tonal)IPA(key):[ˈdo̞ːu̯ɡi ˈiː],SNPT:[dō̭u̯gi í]

•(Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects)IPA(key):[ˈdò̞ːu̯ɣí ˈîː],[ˈdò̞ːu̯ɣí ˈǐː],SNPT:[dó̭u̯ɣi ī]

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

Miscellaneous

Letter

í(lower case,upper caseÍ)

1. Additional letter, used to denote the long stress oni.

Symbol

í

1. (non-tonal SNPT)Phonetictranscriptionof sound[iː].

Etymology 2

Letteriwith acute (◌́) to signify long low-pitched vowel.

Pronunciation

(phoneme)Pronunciation of í (í)

•(Standard Slovene, tonal)IPA(key):/ˈìː/,[ˈǐː],[ˈɪ̀ː],[ˈɪ̌ː],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 [akutírani dôu̯gi í] (ȋ ó ī)

•(Standard Slovene, tonal)IPA(key):[ˌakuˈtíːɾaˌnì ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡí ˈîː],[ˌakuˈtíːɾaˌnì ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡí ˈǐː],SNPT:[akutȋrani dó̭u̯gi ī](akutiranidolgi i) •(Standard Slovene, non-tonal)IPA(key):[ˌakuˈtiːɾaˌni ˈdo̞ːu̯ɡi ˈiː],SNPT:[akutírani dō̭u̯gi í]

•(Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects)IPA(key):[ˌakuˈtíːɾaˌnì ˈdò̞ːu̯ɣí ˈîː],[ˌakuˈtíːɾaˌnì ˈdò̞ːu̯ɣí ˈǐː],SNPT(tonal):[akutȋrani dó̭u̯ɣi ī] •(Some Upper Carniolan and Carinthian dialects, particularly Rosen Valley dialect)IPA(key):[ˌakuˈtíːʀaˌnì ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡí ˈîː],[ˌakuˈtíːʀaˌnì ˈdò̞ːu̯ɡí ˈǐː],SNPT(tonal):[akutȋṙani dó̭u̯gi ī]

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

1. (tonal SNPT)Phonetictranscriptionof sound[ìː].

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

Letteriwith acute (◌́) to signify short vowel.

Pronunciation

Dialectal pronunciations

Map

Carinthian dialects

North Pohorje–Remšnik dialect	–
Mežica dialect	–
Jaun Valley dialect	–
Ebriach dialect	–
Rosen Valley dialect	–
Gail Valley dialect	–

Littoral dialects

Resian dialect	–
Soča dialect	–
Torre Valley dialect	–
Natisone Valley dialect	IPA(key):/ˈi/,SNPT(Logar transcription):/ˈi/
Brda dialect	–
Karst dialect	–
Istrian dialect	–
Inner carniolan dialect	–

Rovte dialects

Tolmin dialect	–
Cerkno dialect	–
Poljane dialect	–
Škofja Loka dialect	–
Črni Vrh dialect	–
Horjul dialect	–

Upper Carniolan dialects

Upper Carniolan dialect	–
Selca dialect	–

Lower Carniolan dialects

Lower Carniolan dialect	–
North White Carniolan dialect	–
South White Carniolan dialect	–
Čabranka dialect	–
Kostel dialect	–
Mixed Kočevje subdialects	–

Styrian dialects

Central Savinja dialect	–
Upper Savinja dialect	–
Central Styrian dialect	–
South Pohorje dialect	–
Kozje–Bizeljsko dialect	–
Lower Sava Valley dialect	–

Pannonian dialects

Prekmurje dialect	–
Slovenian Hills dialect	–
Prlekija dialect	–
Haloze dialect	–

Letter

í(lower case,upper caseÍ)

1. (Natisone Valley dialect)Additional letter, used to denote the short stress oni.

Etymology 4

Letteriwith acute (◌́) to signify stressed vowel.

Pronunciation

Dialectal pronunciations

Map

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	–
Torre Valley dialect	–
Natisone Valley dialect	–
Brda dialect	–
Karst dialect	–
Istrian dialect	–
Inner carniolan dialect	–

Rovte dialects

Tolmin dialect	–
Cerkno dialect	–
Poljane dialect	–
Škofja Loka dialect	–
Črni Vrh dialect	–
Horjul dialect	–

Upper Carniolan dialects

Upper Carniolan dialect	–
Selca dialect	–

Lower Carniolan dialects

Lower Carniolan dialect	–
North White Carniolan dialect	–
South White Carniolan dialect	–
Čabranka dialect	–
Kostel dialect	–
Mixed Kočevje subdialects	–

Styrian dialects

Central Savinja dialect	–
Upper Savinja dialect	–
Central Styrian dialect	–
South Pohorje dialect	–
Kozje–Bizeljsko dialect	–
Lower Sava Valley dialect	–

Pannonian dialects

Prekmurje dialect	–
Slovenian Hills dialect	–
Prlekija dialect	–
Haloze dialect	–

Letter

í(lower case,upper caseÍ)

1. (Resian)Additional letter, used to denote the stress oni.

See also

• i
• í
• ì
• ī
• ȉ
• ȋ

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^[1](in Italian), Poligrafice San Marco

Spanish

Letter

í

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet representing the accented sound /i/

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)letra;Aa(Áá),Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee(Éé),Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii(Íí),Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Oo(Óó),Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu(Úú,Üü),Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Tlingit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɪ́/

Letter

í(upper caseÍ)

1. Aletterof the Tlingitalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• Canada:(Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Áá,Àà,Ââ,Chch,Chʼchʼ,Dd,Dłdł,Dzdz,Ee,Éé,Èè,Êê,Gg,Gwgw,Ghgh,Ghwghw,Hh,Ii,Íí,Ìì,Îî,Jj,Kk,Kwkw,Kʼkʼ,Kʼwkʼw,Khkh,Khwkhw,Khʼkhʼ,Khʼwkhʼw(Ll),Łł,Łʼłʼ(Mm),Nn(Oo),Ss,Sʼsʼ,Shsh,Tt,Tʼtʼ,Tltl,Tlʼtlʼ,Tsts,Tsʼtsʼ,Uu,Úú,Ùù,Ûû,Ww,Xx,Xwxw,Xʼxʼ,Xʼwxʼw,Xhxh,Xhwxhw,Xhʼxhʼ,Xhʼwxhʼw,Yy(Ÿÿ),․
• US:(Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Áá,Aaaa,Áaáa,Chch,Chʼchʼ,Dd,Dldl,Dzdz,Ee,Éé,Eeee,Éeée,Eiei,Éiéi,Gg,Gwgw,G̱g̱,G̱wg̱w,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Kwkw,Kʼkʼ,Kʼwkʼw,Ḵḵ,Ḵwḵw,Ḵʼḵʼ,Ḵʼwḵʼw,Ll,Lʼlʼ(Ḻḻ,Mm),Nn(Oo),Oooo,Óoóo,Ss,Sʼsʼ,Shsh,Tt,Tʼtʼ,Tltl,Tlʼtlʼ,Tsts,Tsʼtsʼ,Uu,Úú,Ww,Xx,Xwxw,Xʼxʼ,Xʼwxʼw,X̱x̱,X̱wx̱w,X̱ʼx̱ʼ,X̱ʼwx̱ʼw,Yy(Ÿÿ,Y̱y̱),․

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[ʔi˧˦]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[ʔɪj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[ʔɪj˦˥]
• Homophones:ý,Ý

• Audio(Hà Nội):

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Determiner

í

1. Pronunciation spellingofấy(“that”),representingNorthern VietnamVietnamese.

Particle

í

1. Pronunciation spellingofấy,representingNorthern VietnamVietnamese.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/ˈɪ/

Letter

í(upper caseÍ)

1. The letter I, marked for its short vocalic pronunciation when in a stressed final syllable of a polysyllabic word.