Í

See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"

Í U+00CD, Í LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE Composition: I [U+0049] + ◌́ [U+0301] ← Ì [U+00CC] Latin-1 Supplement Î → [U+00CE]

Translingual

Letter

Í (lower case í)

1. The letter I with an acute accent.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter I):  Íí  Ìì  Ĭĭ  Îî  Ǐǐ  Ïï  Ḯḯ  Ĩĩ  Įį  Īī  Ỉỉ  Ȉȉ  Ȋȋ  Ịị  Ḭḭ  Ɨɨɨ̆  ᵻ  ᶖ   İi   Iı  ɪ  Ｉｉ  fi  ffi  IJij  IJij
• (Letters with acute or double acute):  Áá  Ắắ  Ấấ  Ǻǻ  Ćć  Ḉḉ  Éé  Ếế  Ǵǵ  Íí  Ḯḯ  Ḱḱ  Ĺĺ  Ḿḿ  Ńń  Óó  Őő  Ớớ  Ṍṍ  Ǿǿ  Ṕṕ  Ŕŕ  Śś  Úú  Űű  Ứứ  Ẃẃ  Ýý  Źź  Ǽǽ

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊiː/
• Rhymes: -ʊiː
• Homophones: ið, í, ý

Letter

Í (lower 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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

Í (upper case, lower 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.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

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

Irish

Etymology

From a derivative of Proto-Celtic *īwos (“yew”) (compare Old Irish eó (“shaft; yew-tree”) and Welsh yw (“yews”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- (“yew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/
• Homophones: aoi, í, íoth (Cois Fharraige), ithe (Cois Fharraige), oíche, uí, Uí

Proper noun

Í m (genitive Í)

1. Iona (island in the Inner Hebrides)

Declension

Declension of Í (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Í vocative a Í genitive Í dative Í forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tÍ genitive an Í dative leis an Í don Í

Synonyms

• Í Cholm Cille
• Oileán Í

Mutation

Mutated forms of Í

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Í	nÍ	hÍ	tÍ

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Karakalpak

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɯ/

Letter

Í (lower case ı, Cyrillic letter Ы)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, B b, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ǵ ǵ, H h, X x, Í ı, I i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Sh sh, C c, Ch ch

Noon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i̘/

Letter

Í (lower case í)

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

Old Irish

Í Columbe Cille

Etymology

From a derivative of Proto-Celtic *iwos (“yew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː/

Proper noun

Í f (genitive Íae)

1. Iona (an island in Inner Hebrides, Scotland).
   • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, March 22; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:

     Failbe ánle Íae.

     Failbe, hero of Iona.

   • c. 697-900, Cáin Adomnáin, published in Cáin Adamnáin: an old-Irish treatise on the law of Adamnan (1905, Oxford University Press), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, §28

     Is ead in-so forus Cána Adomná[i]n Iae.

     This is the enactment of the Law of Adomnán of Iona.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ÍL	—	—
Vocative	ÍL	—	—
Accusative	ÍN	—	—
Genitive	ÍaeH	—	—
Dative	ÍL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: Í
  • Irish: Í
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ì
• → Latin: Ioua
  • → English: Iona

Mutation

Mutation of Í

radical	lenition	nasalization
Í (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	nÍ

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 Í”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi/

• The syllable with this letter is always stressed.

Letter

Í (upper case, lower case í)

1. the letter I with an acute accent

Saanich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əj/, /ɑj/

Letter

Í

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̱, X, X̱, Y, Z, s, ¸

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] (dou̯gi i) • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [ˈdo̞ːu̯ɡi ˈiː], SNPT: [dō̭lgi 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 (upper case, lower case í)

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

Etymology 2

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 (upper case, lower case í)

1. Additional letter, used to denote the stress on I.

See also

• I
• Ï
• Ì

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

Spanish

Letter

Í

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet representing an accented vowel /i/; uppercase version of í.

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ˈɪ/

Letter

Í (lower case í)

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