jy

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jy"

English

Etymology

From the name of the letter i (of which j was originally a variant) by affixing the /d͡ʒ/ sound to it. Compare French ji, and the similar derivation of Italian vu.

Generally changed to jay by association with kay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Noun

jy (plural jies or jyes or jys)

1. (archaic or dialectal, Scotland) The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

   Synonym: jay

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• djy (Cape Afrikaans)

Etymology

From Dutch jij (which see), from Middle Dutch ji, northern form of gi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jəi/, [jə̟i̯]

• Audio:

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Pronoun

jy (object jou, possessive jou)

1. you (singular, subject)
   • 2016, “Sal Jy Met My Dans”, in Sal Jy Met My Dans?‎, performed by Kurt Darren, South Africa:

     Sal jy met my dans?

     Will you dance with me?

See also

Afrikaans personal pronouns

			subjective	objective	possessive determiner	possessive pronoun
singular	1st		ek	my		myne
	2nd		jy	jou		joune
	2nd, formal		u			u s’n
	3rd	masc	hy	hom	sy	syne
		fem	sy	haar		hare
		neut	dit		sy	syne
plural	1st		ons			ons s’n
	2nd		julle / jul1			julle s’n
	3rd		hulle / hul1			hulle s’n

¹ The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j̊/

Letter

jy (upper case Jy)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

Cornish

Etymology 1

From ty.

Pronoun

jy

1. you, your (informal second person singular enclitic pronoun, used to reinforce previous pronoun)

   dha lyver jy

   your book

   Ple ythys jy?

   Where did you go?

See also

Cornish personal pronouns

number	person		independent (subject)	suffixed			infixed	possessive (dependent)
				enclitic	emphatic	reduced
singular	first		my	vy	evy	ma, a	'm	owA
	second		ty	jy, sy1	tejy	ta, a	'thM	dhaS
	third2	m	ev	ev	eev	va, a	'n	yS
		f	hi	hi	hyhi	N/A	's	hyA
plural	first		ni	ni	nyni		'gan, 'n	agan, 'gan
	second3		hwi	hwi	hwyhwi		'gas, 's	agas, 'gas
	third		i	i	ynsi		's	agaA, 'gaA

¹ Uncommon.
² hun and ins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
³ Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.

^S Triggers soft mutation ^A Triggers aspirate mutation ^M Triggers mixed mutation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

jy

1. soft mutation of chy

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaj/ [ˈd͡ʒaɪ̯]

Adverb

jy

1. (text messaging) abbreviation of idiay