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short i's

short i's is the plural of short i.

Meaning of short i

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...

Questions about short i's

What is short i's the plural of?
Short i's is the plural of short i.

Words near short i's in the dictionary

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

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