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- Russian · calque ofи кра́ткое
- English todayshort i
* (Cyrillic letter): Calque of Russian и кра́ткое (i krátkoje).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
short i
Today it means: The vowel sound /ɪ/, as in the words pit and stick. (The presence of a short vowel is sometimes signaled in spelling by the doubling of a consonant after it, such as in sitting as contrasted with siting.) Full definition →
Russian и кра́ткое