Definition of "yat" []

• A vowel of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use (noun)
• A Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) sound usually transcribed as /ě/, subsequently lost in most Slavic dialects. (noun)

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• "It's the real, thick "yat" * accent that you don't hear anywhere else in the world."
• "Waterways: 4,499 km note: (1,672 km are on the Pryp'yat 'and Dnistr) (1990)"
• "Waterways: 4,400 km navigable waterways, of which 1,672 km were on the Pryp''yat 'and Dnipro (1990)"