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Re:Y
>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y
English
As /j/:
at the beginning of a word as in yes
As non-syllabic [ɪ]:
after some vowels in diphthongs, as in play, grey, boy
As /i/:
without stress at the end of multi-syllable word as in baby, happy
used in combination with e at the end of words, as in money, key
As /ɪ/:
in a closed syllable without stress and with stress as in myth, system, gymnastics
in a closed syllable under stress as in typical, lyric
in an open syllable without stress as in physique, pyjamas
As /aɪ/:
under stress in an open syllable as in my, type, rye, lying, pyre, tyre, typhoon
in a stressed open syllable as in hyphen, cycle, cylon
in a pretonic open syllable as in hypothesis, psychology
word-finally after a consonant, as in ally, unify
Other:
combining with ⟨r⟩ as /ɜːr/ under stress (like ⟨i⟩ in bird), as in myrtle, myrrh
as /ə/ (schwa) in words like martyr
In English morphology, -y is an adjectival suffix.
Y is the ninth least frequently used letter in the English language (after P, B, V, K, J, X, Q, and Z), with a frequency of about 2% in words.