Meaning of y | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The letter Y, marked for its long stressed pronunciation, either in a monosyllabic word or in the final syllable of a polysyllabic word.
   letter, lowercase
2. The letter Y, marked for one of its syllabic pronunciations, (/ɨ̞, ɨ̞/ or /iː, ɪ/), distinct from adjacent vowels.
   letter, uppercase
3. The letter Y, marked for one of its syllabic pronunciations, (/ɨː, ɨ̞/ or /iː, ɪ/), distinct from adjacent vowels.
   letter, lowercase
4. The twenty-ninth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called y and written in the Latin script.
   letter, lowercase
5. The name of the Latin script letter Y/y.
   feminine
6. The capital form of ẏ.
   archaic, letter, uppercase
7. The twenty-ninth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by W.
   letter, uppercase
8. A letter of the Welsh alphabet.
   archaic, letter, lowercase
9. The letter Y, marked for one of its short pronunciations, /ə/, in monosyllabic words.
   letter, lowercase
10. The letter Y, marked for one of its short pronunciations, (/ɨ̞/ or /ɪ/), when in a stressed final syllable of a polysyllabic word.
    letter, uppercase

Equivalents

Examples

“Osp y tŷ meꝺant hûy: Pa bêꞇ a vynd di uneyd ag osp y tŷ? ymma ymae gennyn nî † ẏspes, ag ivaꝿk yu hi: os myn di uiled osp y ty; di kerꝺ i'r gegin di ai kei.”

The host of the house said: What wouldst thou do with the host of the house? Here is the hostess with us, and young she is: but if you will see the host of the house, go into the kitchen, and there you'll find him.

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