î

Verb

 * 1) to say, to tell

Letter

 * 1) The a conflation of a double letter $⟨i⟩$ when pronounced as a single, e.g. genî or genii ('geniuses', plural of genio) vs geni ('genes', plural of gene).

Usage notes
Both the diacritic and the double i are dated or didactic except where needed to avoid confusion.

Usage notes

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Usage notes
Not specified in the alphabet, but used officially to mark the elongated vowel in Persian and Arabic loanwords.

Derived terms

 * The digraph $⟨i⟩$ transcribes the long vowel