Ú


Ú, ú is a Latin letter used in the Czech, Dobrujan Tatar, Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, Karakalpak and Slovak writing systems. This letter also appears in Dutch, Frisian alphabet|Frisian], Irish, Occitan, Catalan, Pinyin, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Galician, and Vietnamese as a variant of the letter "U".

Usage in various languages

Czech

Ú/ú is the 34th letter of the Czech alphabet and represents a sound. It is mostly the first letter of the word, as in wikt:úhel 'angle'. If this sound is in the middle of the word, the letter is used instead, as in wikt:kůň 'horse'. Exceptionally, in the middle is written in compound words, such as wikt:trojúhelník triangle, in old words, such as wikt:ocún Colchicum, wikt:Kúsky, and in loanwords, such as wikt:Bejrút 'Beirut', wikt:Rút 'Ruth', wikt:múza 'muse', wikt:manikúra 'manicure', wikt:pedikúra 'pedicure', wikt:štrúdl 'strudel'.

Dobrujan Tatar

Ú/ú is the 28th letter of Dobrujan Tatar alphabet, represents the hight rounded half-advanced ATR or soft vowel /ʉ/ as in "sút" 'milk'. In the vicinity of semivowel y, which occurs rarely, its articulation shifts to high rounded ATR or soft /y/, close to Turkish pronunciation, as in "súymek" 'to love'.

Faroese

Ú/ú is the 24th letter of the Faroese alphabet, and may represent the following sounds:
  • Short in such words as krúss
  • Short before in such words as kúgv , but also in brúdleyp
  • Long diphthong in úti , hús , jú ,

Hungarian

Ú/ú is the 36th letter of the Hungarian alphabet and represents a sound.

Icelandic

Ú/ú is the 25th letter of the Icelandic alphabet, and represents a sound.

Javanese

Ú/ú is the letter of the [Javanese orthography|Javanese Latin alphabet], and represents a sound.

Kazakh

It was proposed in 2018 that Ú/ú should be one of its Latin script, it should represent the near-close front rounded vowel and is used to replace Cyrillic Ү. The replacement is modified to be Ü ü in 2020.

Karakalpak

Ú/ú is the 26th letter of the Karakalpak alphabet and represents near-close front rounded vowel.

Slovak

Ú/ú is the 39th letter of the Slovak alphabet and represents a sound.

Portuguese/Galician/Spanish/Catalan

In Portuguese, Galician, Spanish and Catalan, "ú" is not a distinct letter but a modified letter "u". It is used to denote an "u" with unusual stress.

Italian

Ú/ú is a variant of U carrying an acute accent; it represents an /u/ carrying the tonic accent. It is used only if it is the last letter of the word except in dictionaries. In Italian, Ú/ú is orthographically equivalent to Ù/ù; predominantly the latter is used.