u

See also: -u, u-, ú-, ú

Radestrian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/
  • (colloquial) /ɤ/ (article)
• Homophones: ú
• Rhymes: -u ⁽⁷¹⁾, -ɤ ⁽⁵⁾

Etymology 1

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Radestrian alphabet, called u.

Noun

u (indeclinable)

1. the name of the letter Uu

See also

The Radestrian Alphabet • Șvolestorír a rredeșeșe

№	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	non-native	14	15	16
letter	Aa	Ââ	Bb	Cc	Dd	Ðð	Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj	Kk	(Qq)	Ķķ	Ll	Mm
name	a	â (ý a)	bâ	câ	dâ	að	e	af	gâ	ha	i (dzuișe)	ai	kâ	ku	kjâ	al	am
№	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	non-native	30	31	32
letter	Nn	Ņņ	Oo	Øø	Pp	Rr	Ss	Șș	Tt	Þþ	Uu	Ûû	Vv	(Ww)	Yy	Zz	Z̦z̦/Xx
name	an	aņ	o	ø	pâ	ar	as	aș	tâ	aþ	u	û ý u	au	au gjorișe	y gjorișe	az	az̦/ax

Etymology 2

From Middle Radestrian u, from Old Radestrian ŭ, inherited from Proto-Radic *lıhs, from Proto-Laenkean *(s)lɯh-.

Alternative forms

• a (before u-)

Article

u

1. the (singular animate definite article)

See also

The Definite Article in Radestrian
	inanimate						animate
	nominative		oblique		constructive genitive		nominative		constructive genitive
							oblique
			singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
pre-consonantal	a			ai	as	ais	u	i	us	is
pre-vocalic	ag
				before i-			before u-	before i-
				a'			a

Etymology 3

Pronoun

u

1. (informal, non-standard) alternative spelling of ú (“I”)

Usage notes

• This form is generally widespread online and in informal texting.

  u hvolta hja vânșe

  i can’t with him