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ґ

See also: Г, г, г., Ґ, Ғ, ғ, and Variations of "g"

ґ - Translingual

Letter

ґ (upper case Ґ)

  1. A letter of the Cyrillic script.
  • Regular.
  • Italics.

ґ - Belarusian

Letter

ґ • (g) (uppercase Ґ) (italics: Ґ, ґ)

  1. An alternative rare letter of the Belarusian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is ґе (ge /ɡɛ/) and it has the sound of /g/ - voiced velar plosive. If included, it is preceded by Г and followed by Д. In modern Belarusian this letter is rarely included.

Usage notes

  • The sound /ɡ/ is very uncommon in Belarusian, even in loanwords. It is common to pronounce /ɣ/ (or /x/ in devoiced positions) regardless of etymology.

ґ - Old Ruthenian

Letter

ґ • (g) (lower case, upper case Ґ)

  1. The fifth letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Old Cyrillic script.

Usage notes

  • The letter ґ (g) conveys the sound /ɡ/, which was also transmitted by the Cyrillic digraph кг (g) or less often by the letters g and γ. First used in the Peresopnytsia Gospels (1556-1561), properly introduced into the Slavic alphabet in 1619 by Meletius Smotrytsky in his “Slavonic Grammar”.

ґ - Rusyn

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɡ/

Letter

ґ • (g) (uppercase Ґ) (italics: Ґ, ґ)

  1. The fifth letter of the Rusyn alphabet, called ґе (ge), and written in the Cyrillic script.

ґ - Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɡ/

Letter

ґ • (g) (lower case, upper case Ґ)

  1. The fifth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called ґе (ge), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Usage notes

  • This letter was absent from official Soviet orthographies during 1933–1990, with г (h) being substituted. It remained in use outside the Soviet Union.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ɡ]

Preposition

ґ • (g) (+ dative case) (dated)

  1. Alternative form of к (k)
Meaning and Definition of ґ
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