See also: Appendix:Variations of "u" and Appendix:Variations of "y"

Kazakh

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *-g. Cognate to Kyrgyz -уу (-uu) / -үү (-üü), Southern Altai (-u) / (), etc.

Suffix

• (-u)

  1. Used to form verbal nouns from verbs.
    же- (je-, eat) + ‎ (-u) → ‎жеу (jeu, eating, to eat)

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • : IPA(key): [ʊ]
  • -у́: IPA(key): [ˈu]

Suffix

• (-u)

  1. Accusative case suffix for feminine nouns ending with -а or -я.
    глава́ (glavá, head) + ‎-у́ () → ‎главу́ (glavú, head-ACC)

References

Lusin, Natalia. 1992. Russian Grammar. Nouns. 42. N.Y.: Barron's Educational Series, Inc.

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

From accusative case singular desinence (hard feminine form)  m or f (-u, suffix form). Compare Russian (-u, 'суффикс I' at ruwiktionary under «Русский») .

Suffix

• (-u)

  1. Adverbial; forms quantitative adverbs from nouns and adjectives, often prefixed: indicates qualitative degree of intensity of the base word
    за- (za-) + ‎молодий (molodyj) + ‎ (-u) → ‎замолоду (zamolodu)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Suffix

• (-uf or m (variant )

  1. accusative singular of (-a)

Suffix

• (-u) (variant )

  1. accusative feminine singular of -ий (-yj)

Suffix

• (-um

  1. non-ar/-j genitive/dative/locative/vocative singular of -∅
  2. -ar-stem dative/locative singular of -∅

Derived terms

Ukrainian terms suffixed with -у

References

  • у”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎[1]