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yus.

Either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the Cyrillic alphabet. The only major Slavic language retaining these sounds is Polish, which is written in the Latin alphabet.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/jʊs/
  1. Either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the Cyrillic alphabet. The only major Slavic language retaining these sounds is Polish, which is written in the Latin alphabet.

Where this word comes from

Russian юс (jus), from Old Church Slavonic ѫсъ (ǫsŭ, “big yus”)

noun/juːz/
  1. plural of yu

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.