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Short U (Ў ў; italics: Ў ў) or U with breve is a letter of the Cyrillic script. The only Slavic language using the letter in its orthography is Belarusian , but it is also used as a phonetic symbol in some Russian and Ukrainian dictionaries. [ 1 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. See also: List of Cyrillic multigraphs Main articles: Cyrillic script, Cyrillic alphabets, and Early Cyrillic alphabet This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. This is a list of letters of the ...
Short U (Ў ў) is the letter У with a breve and represents /w/, or like the u part of the diphthong in loud. The use of the breve to indicate a semivowel is analogous to the Short I (Й). A combination of Sh and Ch (ШЧ шч) is used where those familiar only with Russian and or Ukrainian would expect Shcha (Щ щ). Yery (Ы ы) represents /ɨ/.
CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHORT U 0423 0306: 045E: ў: CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHORT U 0443 0306: Used in Belarusian, Dungan, Uzbek, and Siberian Yupik. 040F: Џ: CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DZHE 045F: џ: CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DZHE Used in Serbian, Macedonian, and Abkhaz. In Serbian and Macedonian, it is considered a separate letter, placed between Ч ...
і — Identical in pronunciation to и , it was used exclusively immediately before other vowels and the й ("Short I") (for example, патріархъ [pətrʲɪˈarx], 'patriarch') and in the word міръ [mʲir] ('world') and its derivatives, to distinguish it from the word миръ [mʲir] ('peace') (the two words are actually ...
The details vary by author, and depend on which letters are available for the language of the text. For instance, in a work written in Ukrainian, г may be used for (the voiced equivalent of х ), whereas in Russian texts, г is used for . This article follows common Russian usage.
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