-у
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 -у (-u) / -ӱ (-ü), etc.
Suffix
-у • (-u)
Russian
Alternative forms
- -ю (-ju)
Pronunciation
- -у: IPA(key): [ʊ]
- -у́: IPA(key): [ˈu]
Suffix
-у • (-u)
- Accusative case suffix for feminine nouns ending with -а or -я.
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) -у m or f (-u, suffix form). Compare Russian -у (-u, 'суффикс I' at ruwiktionary under «Русский») .
Suffix
-у • (-u)
- Adverbial; forms quantitative adverbs from nouns and adjectives, often prefixed: indicates qualitative degree of intensity of the base word
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Suffix
-у • (-u) f or m (variant -ю)
- accusative singular of -а (-a)
Suffix
-у • (-u) (variant -ю)
- accusative feminine singular of -ий (-yj)
Suffix
-у • (-u) m
Derived terms
Ukrainian terms suffixed with -у