у

Usage notes

• The forms у (u) and ў (ŭ) are allomorphs of one another: they're the same word used in different phonetic environments. у (u) is used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause, ў (ŭ) is used after vowels.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (H h), Д д (D d), Е е (Je je), Ё ё (Jo jo), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), І і (I i), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ў ў (Ŭ ŭ), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Ы ы (Y y), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Э э (E e), Ю ю (Ju ju), Я я (Ja ja)

Antonyms

• (new) тошто (tošto)

Letter

у • (u) (lower case, upper case У)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is у (u) and it has the sound of English oo in soon. It is preceded by Т (T) and followed by Ф (F).
2. Roman letter U, u

Noun

у • (u) n inan (indeclinable)

1. The Cyrillic letter У (U), у (u).

Noun

у • (u) m inan (indeclinable)

1. Wu (language)

Preposition

у • (u) (+ genitive case)

1. at, by, near

   у окна́ ― u okná ― at the window

   Оте́ц у сы́на ― Otéc u sýna ― The father is at his son’s (house).

2. in the possession of (used to express "to have")

   У вас есть каранда́ш? ― U vas jestʹ karandáš? ― Do you have a pencil?

   У меня́ нет карандаша́. ― U menjá net karandašá. ― I don’t have a pencil.

Alternative forms

• (uppercase) У

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/

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Letter

у (Latin spelling u)

1. The 24th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet, preceded by ћ and followed by ф.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

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Preposition

у (Latin spelling u)

1. (+ locative case) in, at (without change of position, answering the question гдје̏/где̏)

   бити у школи ― to be in school

   у ц(иј)елом друштву ― in the whole society

2. (+ accusative case) to, into (with change of position, answering the question ку̀да)

   ићи у школу ― to go to school

   путовати у Америку ― to travel to America

3. (+ accusative case) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)

   у подне ― at noon

   у ср(иј)еду ― on Wednesday

   у зору ― at dawn

   У колико сати? ― At what time?

4. (+ locative case) in, during (in expressions concerning time)

   у једном дану ― in one day

   у младости ― during one's youth