є

See also: Є, -є, -є-, є̈, Є̈, ѥ, and Appendix:Variations of "e"

є U+0454, є CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER UKRAINIAN IE ← ѓ [U+0453] Cyrillic ѕ → [U+0455]

Older graphic variant.

Translingual

Letter

є (lower case, upper case Є)

1. A letter of the Cyrillic script, called Ukrainian ye.
2. A letter of the Old Cyrillic script, called yest, yestu or broad e.
3. a substitute for the Latin letter ꞓ in the Unified Northern Alphabet.

Alternative forms

• е (narrow e)

Gallery

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  Italics.

Carpathian Rusyn

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /je/

Letter

є • (je) (lower case, upper case Є)

1. The eighth letter of the Carpathian Rusyn alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, І і, Ы ы, Ї ї, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ю ю, Я я, Ь ь, Ъ ъ

Mongolian

Letter

є • (ö) (lower case, upper case Є)

1. nonstandard form of ө (ö)

Usage notes

This letter is used as a substitute for ө (ö) on keyboards without Mongolian support.

Northern Khanty

Letter

є (ê) (lower case, upper case Є)

1. A letter of the Northern Khanty alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ӑ ӑ, В в, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, Ԯ ԯ (Ԓ ԓ), Љ љ, М м, Н н, Ң ң (Ӈ ӈ), Њ њ, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Ᲊ ᲊ, У у, Ў ў, Х х, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ы ы, Є є, Э э, Ә ә

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology 1

Letter

є • (e) (lower case, upper case Є)

1. alternative form of е (e)

See also

• (Old Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е (Є є), Ж ж, Ѕ ѕ (Ꙃ ꙃ), З з (Ꙁ ꙁ), И и, І і (Ї ї), Ꙉ ꙉ, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Оу оу (Ꙋ ꙋ), Ф ф, Х х, Ѡ ѡ (Ѿ ѿ), Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ꙑ ꙑ, Ь ь, Ѣ ѣ, Ꙗ ꙗ, Ѥ ѥ, Ю ю, Ѫ ѫ, Ѭ ѭ, Ѧ ѧ (Ꙙ ꙙ), Ѩ ѩ (Ꙝ ꙝ), Ѯ ѯ, Ѱ ѱ, Ѳ ѳ, Ѵ ѵ, Ҁ ҁ

Etymology 2

Pronoun

є • (e)

1. alternative form of е (e)

Old Novgorodian

Pronunciation

• (9^th‒15^th c. CE) IPA^(key): /ɛ/

Letter

є • (e) (lower case, upper case Є)

1. alternative form of е (je)

Pannonian Rusyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: є

Etymology 1

Letter

є (je) (lower case, upper case Є)

1. The eighth letter of the Pannonian Rusyn alphabet, called є (je) and written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ї ї, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ю ю, Я я, Ь ь

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ésti

Proto-Slavic *estь

Old Slovak je

Pannonian Rusyn є

Inherited from Old Slovak je, from Proto-Slavic *estь. Doublet of єст (jest).

Verb

є (je)

1. third-person singular indicative present of буц (buc)

   Нє дома є, озда пошол на польо ― Nje doma je, ozda pošol na polʹo ― He is not at home, I guess he went to the field

   Барз є заняти, нє ма часу ― Barz je zanjati, nje ma času ― He is very busy, he doesn't have time

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

є (je)

1. third-person singular present of єсц (jesc)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɛ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: є

Etymology 1

First used in Ukrainian since 1837, in the orthography of almanach "Русалка Днѣстровая" (Rusalka Dnistrovaya).

Letter

є • (je) (lower case, upper case Є)

1. The eighth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called є (je) and written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, І і, Ї ї, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я

Etymology 2

Verb

є • (je)

1. present indicative of бу́ти (búty): am, is, are
2. there is, there are

   Antonym: нема́ (nemá)

3. used to express possession

   Synonym: ма́ти (máty)

   у ме́не є пита́ння ― u méne je pytánnja ― I have a question

4. to be (+ instrumental case)