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'''Yery''' (Ы, ы) is a letter in the [[Cyrillic alphabet]]. It represents the tense intermediate vowel /&# |
'''Yery''' (Ы, ы) is a letter in the [[Cyrillic alphabet]]. It represents the tense intermediate vowel /ɨ/ ([[SAMPA]]: /1/) in the [[Belarusian alphabet|Belarusian]] and [[Russian alphabet]]s. The same sound is represented by [[I (Cyrillic)|И]] in the [[Ukrainian alphabet]]. |
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[[Image:Yeri.png|left|thumb|The letter Yery in several fonts]] |
[[Image:Yeri.png|left|thumb|The letter Yery in several fonts]] |
Revision as of 08:37, 22 December 2004
Yery (Ы, ы) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It represents the tense intermediate vowel /ɨ/ (SAMPA: /1/) in the Belarusian and Russian alphabets. The same sound is represented by И in the Ukrainian alphabet.
Like many Cyrillic letters, originally the letter Yery was formed from a ligature — between Yer (Ъ) and Izhe (then І) or Izhei (then Н, now И). In ancient manuscripts, it is almost without exception found as ЪІ or ЪН. Once the letters Ъ and Ь subsequently lost their values as vowels from the Slavonic language, the current form Ы evolved.