Ú
letter of the Latin alphabet
Ú (minuscule: ú), known as U-acute, is a Latin-script character composed of the letter U and an acute accent. It is found in the Czech, Dobrujan Tatar, Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, Karakalpak and Slovak writing systems. This letter also appears in Dutch, 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 /uː/ sound. It is usually the first letter of a word, as in úhel 'angle'. If the sound is in the middle of the word, the letter ⟨ů⟩ is used instead, as in kůň 'horse'. Exceptionally, ⟨ú⟩ in the middle is written in compound words, such as trojúhelník triangle, in old words, such as ocún 'colchicum', Kúsky, and in loanwords, such as Bejrút 'Beirut', Rút 'Ruth', múza 'muse', manikúra 'manicure', pedikúra 'pedicure', 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" [s̶ʉt̶] '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" [s̶ym̶ec] 'to love'.
Faroese
Ú/ú is the 24th letter of the Faroese alphabet, and may represent the following sounds:
Short [ʏ] in such words as krúss [kɹʏsː] ("mug", "coffee cup")
Short [ɪ] before /ɡv/ in such words as kúgv [kɪɡv] ("cow"), but also in brúdleyp [bɹɪdlɛip] ("bridal")
Long [ʉu] diphthong in úti [ʉuːtɪ] ("out"), hús [hʉuːs] ("house"), jú [jʉuː] ("but"),
Hungarian
Ú/ú is the 36th letter of the Hungarian alphabet and represents a /uː/ sound.
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