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short i

short i noun: the vowel sound /ɪ/, as in the words pit and stick. (The presence of a short vowel is sometimes signaled in spelling by the doubling of a consonant after it, such as in sitting as contrasted with siting.).

Noun

short i (plural short i's)

  1. The vowel sound /ɪ/, as in the words pit and stick. (The presence of a short vowel is sometimes signaled in spelling by the doubling of a consonant after it, such as in sitting as contrasted with siting.)
    Antonyms:
    long i
  2. (Cyrillic, character) The name of the letter й/Й in Cyrillic alphabets.
    • When the Cyrillic "short i" [y] precedes the omitted fragment, the next consonant should not be dropped: for example, kaliynyy [potassium] = kaliyn., liteynyy [foundry] = liteyn.1988 July 8, N. I. Boyarshin, T. M. Babenko, “Rules for Abbreviation of Names of Enterprises and Organizations”, in Science & Technology; USSR: Computers (JPRS Report; JPRS-UCC-88-002), Springfield...
    • “j” here refers to the Cyrillic “short i” or “i-kratkoe.”2003, Michael S. Gorham, “Notes”, in Speaking in Soviet Tongues: Language Culture and the Politics of Voice in Revolutionary Russia, DeKalb, Ill.: Northern Illinois University Press, →ISBN, note 47...

Antonyms of short i

Forms of short i

pluralshort i's

Origin of short i

* (Cyrillic letter): Calque of Russian и кра́ткое (i krátkoje).

Questions about short i

What does short i mean?
Short i means the vowel sound /ɪ/, as in the words pit and stick. (The presence of a short vowel is sometimes signaled in spelling by the doubling of a consonant after it, such as in sitting as contrasted with siting.).
What part of speech is short i?
Short i is a noun.
What is the plural of short i?
The plural of short i is short i's.

Words near short i in the dictionary

  1. short hop
  2. short hops
  3. short hose
  4. short hundred
  5. short hundreds
  6. short i
  7. short i's
  8. short illative
  9. short illatives
  10. short king
  11. short kings

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