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 case Í)

1. the sixteenth letter of the Czech alphabet, after i and before j

Dakota

Noun

í

1. mouth

Faroese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊiː/

  Rhymes: -ʊiː

  Homophones: ý, ið

Letter

í (upper case Í)

1. The eleventh letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, 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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én.

Alternative forms

• íggj

Pronunciation

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

  Rhymes: -ʊiː

Preposition

í

1. in, into, during [with accusative]
2. in [with dative]

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

í (lower case, upper case Í)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called í and written in the Latin 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 forms of í
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-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

Further reading

• í in Bárczi, Géza and László 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 case Í)

1. The twelfth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, 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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én.

Preposition

í

1. in; to (direction) [with accusative]

   Ég geng í kirkjuna. ― I walk to the church

2. in (location) [with dative]

   Hann er í húsinu. ― He is in the house

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

   Við ókum í tvær klukkustundir. ― We drove for two 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

From sí with loss of s- by analogy with é (“him”).

Pronoun

í (emphatic form ise, 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)		mo L m' before vowel sounds
	Second	tú (tusa)1	thú (thusa)	do L d' before vowel sounds
	Third masculine	sé (seisean)	é (eisean)	a L
	Third feminine	sí (sise)	í (ise)	a H
	Third neuter	—	ea	—
Plural	First	muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne)		ár E
	Second	sibh (sibhse)1		bhur E
	Third	siad (siadsan)	iad (iadsan)	a E

^L Triggers lenition ^E Triggers eclipsis ^H Triggers h-prothesis

¹ Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

í

1. Alternative form of uí (“grandson, descendant”)

Etymology 3

Letter

í (upper case Í)

1. The letter i with an acute accent, known as í fada (literally “long i”).

Noun

í

1. The name of the Latin-script letter i/I.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ
• (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	with h-prothesis	with t-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 case Í)

1. A variant of i representing an /i/ with a high tone

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Noon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i̘/

Letter

í (upper case Í)

1. A letter of the Noon alphabet, written in the Latin 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 of i

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “4 í, hí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn 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

From Proto-Germanic *in (“in, into”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

Preposition

í

1. in remaining in a place [with dative]
2. in motion towards a place [with accusative]

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 letter i with an acute accent.

Letter

í

1. a letter of the Portuguese alphabet

Slovene

Etymology 1

Letter i with 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 case Í)

1. Additional letter, used to denote the long stress on i.

Symbol

í

1. (non-tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [iː].

Etymology 2

Letter i with 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] (akutirani dolgi 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) Phonetic transcription of 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

Letter i with 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 case Í)

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

Etymology 4

Letter i with 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 case Í)

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

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-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Tlingit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪ́/

Letter

í (upper case Í)

1. A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• Canada: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à,  â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
• US: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․

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 spelling of ấy (“that”), representing Northern Vietnam Vietnamese.

Particle

í

1. Pronunciation spelling of ấy, representing Northern Vietnam Vietnamese.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ˈɪ/

Letter

í (upper case Í)

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