English

short i

The vowel sound /ɪ/, as in the words pit and stick. (The presence of a short vowel is sometimes signaled in spelling by the doubling of a consonant after it, such as in sitting as contrasted with siting.)

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    * (Cyrillic letter): Calque of Russian и кра́ткое (i krátkoje).

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    • calqueRussianи кра́ткое

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