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{{short description|Latin letter U with acute accent}}

{{For|the cuneiform sign|Ú (cuneiform)}}[[File:Latin letter U with acute.svg|thumb|Latin letter U with acute]]
'''Ú''', '''ú''' ([[u]]-[[acute accent|acute]]) is a [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] letter used in the [[Czech alphabet|Czech]], [[Dobrujan Tatar alphabet|Dobrujan Tatar]], [[Faroese alphabet|Faroese]], [[Hungarian alphabet|Hungarian]], [[Icelandic orthography|Icelandic]], [[Karakalpak alphabet|Karakalpak]] and [[Slovak alphabet|Slovak]] writing systems. This letter also appears in [[Dutch alphabet|Dutch]], [[West Frisian alphabet|Frisian]], [[Irish alphabet|Irish]], [[Occitan alphabet|Occitan]], [[Catalan alphabet|Catalan]], [[Pinyin alphabet|Pinyin]], [[Portuguese alphabet|Portuguese]], [[Spanish alphabet|Spanish]], [[Italian alphabet|Italian]], [[Galician language|Galician]], and [[Vietnamese alphabet|Vietnamese]] as a variant of the letter "[[U]]".<ref name="compart">{{cite web|url= https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+00DA|title= Unicode Character “Ú” (U+00DA)|work=Compart |publisher=Compart AG | place= Oak Brook, IL|date=2021 |accessdate=2024-02-29}}</ref>

==Usage in various languages==

===Czech===
Ú/ú is the 34th letter of the [[Czech alphabet]] and represents a {{IPA|/uː/}} sound. It is mostly the first letter of the word, as in ''{{lang|cs|[[wikt:úhel|úhel]]}}'' 'angle'. If this sound is in the middle of the word, the letter {{vr|[[ů]]}} is used instead, as in ''{{lang|cs|[[wikt:kůň|kůň]]}}'' 'horse'. Exceptionally, {{vr|ú}} in the middle is written in compound words, such as {{lang|cs|[[wikt:trojúhelník|trojúhelník]]}} triangle, in old words, such as {{lang|cs| [[wikt:ocún|ocún]]}} ''Colchicum'', {{lang|cs|[[wikt:Kúsky|Kúsky]]}}, and in loanwords, such as {{lang|cs|[[wikt:Bejrút|Bejrút]]}} 'Beirut', {{lang|cs|[[wikt:Rút|Rút]]}} 'Ruth', {{lang|cs|[[wikt:múza|múza]]}} 'muse', {{lang|cs|[[wikt:manikúra|manikúra]]}} 'manicure', {{lang|cs|[[wikt:pedikúra|pedikúra]]}} 'pedicure', {{lang|cs|[[wikt:štrúdl|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 {{IPA|[ʏ]}} in such words as ''krúss'' {{IPA|[kɹʏsː]}} ("mug", "coffee cup")
* Short {{IPA|[ɪ]}} before {{IPA|/ɡv/}} in such words as ''kúgv'' {{IPA|[kɪɡv]}} ("cow"), but also in ''brúdleyp'' {{IPA|[bɹɪdlɛip]}} ("bridal")
* Long {{IPA|[ʉu]}} diphthong in ''úti'' {{IPA|[ʉuːtɪ]}} ("out"), ''hús'' {{IPA|[hʉuːs]}} ("house"), ''jú'' {{IPA|[jʉuː]}} ("but"),

===Hungarian===
Ú/ú is the 36th letter of the [[Hungarian alphabet]] and represents a {{IPA|/uː/}} sound.

===Icelandic===
Ú/ú is the 25th letter of the [[Icelandic orthography|Icelandic alphabet]], and represents a {{IPA|/uː/}} sound.

===Javanese===
Ú/ú is the letter of the [[Javanese orthography|Javanese Latin alphabet]], and represents a {{IPA|/ʊ/}} sound.

===Kazakh===
{{see also|Kazakh alphabets#Latin script}}
It was proposed in 2018 that Ú/ú should be one of its [[Kazakh alphabets#Latin script|Latin script]], it should represent the [[near-close front rounded vowel]] ({{IPAlink|ʏ}}) and is used to replace Cyrillic [[Ү]]. The replacement is modified to be [[Ü|Ü ü]] in 2020.

===Karakalpak===
Ú/ú is the 26th letter of the [[Karakalpak alphabet]] and represents [[near-close front rounded vowel]].

===Slovak===
Ú/ú is the 39th letter of the [[Slovak alphabet]] and represents a {{IPA|/uː/}} sound.

===Portuguese/Galician/Spanish/Catalan===
In Portuguese, Galician, Spanish and Catalan, "ú" is not a distinct letter but a modified letter "u". It is used to denote an "u" with unusual stress.

===Italian===
Ú/ú is a variant of U carrying an acute accent; it represents an /u/ carrying the tonic accent. It is used only if it is the last letter of the word except in dictionaries. In Italian, Ú/ú is orthographically equivalent to Ù/ù; predominantly the latter is used.

==Character encoding==

{{charmap
| 00DA | name1 = Latin Capital Letter U with Acute
| 00FA | name2 = Latin Small Letter U with Acute
| map1 = [[EBCDIC]] family | map1char1 = FE | map1char2 = DE
| map2 = [[ISO 8859]]-[[ISO 8859-1|1]]/[[ISO 8859-2|2]]/[[ISO 8859-3|3]]/[[ISO 8859-4|4]]/[[ISO 8859-9|9]]/[[ISO 8859-10|10]]/[[ISO 8859-14|14]]/[[ISO 8859-15|15]]/[[ISO 8859-16|16]] | map2char1 = DA | map2char2 = FA
}}

==See also==
* [[Acute accent]]

==References==
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[[Category:Latin letters with diacritics|U-acute]]