ý

See also: Ý and Appendix:Variations of "y"

ý U+00FD, ý 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)

1. 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^(key): /ʊiː/
• Homophones: í, ið
• Rhymes: -ʊiː

Letter

ý (upper case Ý)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script., after y and before æ

Verb

ý

1. imperative of ýa

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /iː/

  Rhymes: -iː

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈʏfsɪlɔn iː/

Letter

ý (upper case Ý)

1. 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, 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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Letter

ý (upper case Ý)

1. 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^(key): [ʔi˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ʔi˦]

Noun

ý

1. a point (element in larger whole)

   ý cải ― gist, general idea

2. what one means

   bấu chắc ý pền rừ

   not 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^(key): /j/

Letter

ý (upper case Ý)

1. 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^(key): [ʔi˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˦˥]
• Homophones: í, Ý

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 意.

Noun

ý

1. clipping of ý tưởng (“idea”)

   Tôi có ý này.

   I have an ("this") idea.

2. a point (element in larger whole)

   ý chính ― main point; key point

   Bài có ba ý.

   There are three key points to this essay.

3. 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

1. alternative spelling of í; Northern Vietnam form of ấy

   đằng í/ý ― you

   chị í/ý ― she; her

Particle

ý

1. alternative spelling of í; Northern Vietnam form of ấy

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞/
• (phoneme): (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɪ/

Letter

ý (upper case Ý)

1. The letter Y, marked for one of its short pronunciations, (/ɨ̞/ or /ɪ/), when in a stressed final syllable of a polysyllabic word.