Standard Lemma guide

yus

name · noun · particle · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /jʊs/
  • rhymes with -ʊs
  • /juːz/
  • rhymes with -uːz

1

name

Meaning 1

plural of Yu

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

plural of yu

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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Meaning relationships

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4

particle

Meaning 4

Alternative form of yes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, dialectal

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

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

Dialectal form of yes.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: юс (jus) — name of the old Cyrillic letter
  • Bulgarian: юс (jus) — name of the old Cyrillic letter
  • Czech: jus — name of the old Cyrillic letter
  • German: Jus — name of the old Cyrillic letter
  • Macedonian: јус (jus) — name of the old Cyrillic letter
  • Church Slavic: ѫсъ (ǫsŭ) — name of the old Cyrillic letter
  • Church Slavic: ѧсъ (ęsŭ) — name of the old Cyrillic letter
  • Polish: jus — name of the old Cyrillic letter
  • Romanian: ius — name of the old Cyrillic letter
  • Russian: юс (jus) — name of the old Cyrillic letter
  • Serbo-Croatian: јус — name of the old Cyrillic letter
  • Serbo-Croatian: jus — name of the old Cyrillic letter
  • Slovak: jus — name of the old Cyrillic letter
  • Slovene: jus — name of the old Cyrillic letter
  • Ukrainian: юс (jus) — name of the old Cyrillic letter