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Belarusian
Letter
ґ • (g) (uppercase Ґ) (italics: Ґ, ґ)
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.
Old Ruthenian
Letter
ґ • (g) (lower case, upper case Ґ)
- The fifth letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Old Cyrillic script.
- Пра́вила орѳографіи… // …Четвєртоє… ни Г, вⸯмѣсто Ґ, ни вⸯпротивⸯ: яко, одиґітрїа, а не одигітрїѧ. гора а не ґора и проч. ― Právila orfohrafij… // …Četvjertoje… ni H, vměsto G, ni vprotiv: jako, odigitria, a ne odihitrija. hora a ne gora i proč. ― Orthographic rules… // …Fourth… not “Г” instead of “Ґ”, not vice versa: like “одиґітрїа”, not “одигітрїа”; “гора”, not “ґора” etc.
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”.
See also
Further reading
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2000), “ґ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 7 (головнѣйший – десѧтина), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 125
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡ/
(file)
Letter
ґ • (g) (lower case, upper case Ґ)
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.
See also
Further reading
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2000), “ґ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 7 (головнѣйший – десѧтина), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 125
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “ґ”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Ruthenian кг (g), voiced counterpart of Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡ]
Further reading
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “кг”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 271
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “ґ”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
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