у-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "y" and Appendix:Variations of "u"
Russian
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *u-
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʊ]
- IPA(key): [ˈu] (when stressed)
Prefix
у- • (u-)
- away
- with a more concrete purpose
- у- (u-) + говори́ть impf (govorítʹ, “to say”) → уговори́ть pf (ugovorítʹ, “to persuade”)
- у- (u-) + знать impf (znatʹ, “to know”) → узна́ть pf (uznátʹ, “to get to know”)
Derived terms
Russian terms prefixed with у-
Ukrainian
Alternative forms
в- (v-), ві- (vi-), уві- (uvi-), вві- (vvi-)
Etymology
From у (u).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [u ]
Prefix
у- • (u-)
- with a more concrete purpose
- у- (u-) + говори́ти impf (hovorýty, “to say”) → уговори́ти pf (uhovorýty, “to persuade”)
- у- (u-) + лю́бий (ljúbyj, “nice”) → улюблений (uljublenyj, “favorite”)
Derived terms
Ukrainian terms prefixed with у-
References
- Лев Миха́йлович Полю́га [Lev Mykhailovych Poliuha] (2001), Словник українських морфем: близько 40 000 слів [Dictionary of Ukrainian morphemes: close to 40,000 words] (in Ukrainian), Львів [Lviv]: Світ [Svit], →ISBN, page unspecified