ȳ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "y"

ȳ U+0233, ȳ LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH MACRON Composition: y [U+0079] + ◌̄ [U+0304] ← Ȳ [U+0232] Latin Extended-B ȴ → [U+0234]

English

Symbol

ȳ

1. (lexicography) An orthographic ⟨y⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the PRICE vowel, as in the word "lyre".

Synonyms

• a᷍i, e᷍i, ī

Old English

Alternative forms

• ý

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yː/

Letter

ȳ (upper case Ȳ)

1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

The vowel letter y marked for length. Long vowels are not consistently distinguished in Old English manuscripts. They generally are in modern editions.