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Digraph of the Latin script
Dz is a digraph of the Latin script, consisting of the consonants D and Z. It generally represents /d͡z/ in Latin alphabets, including Hungarian, Kashubian
Dz_(digraph)
⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. This is a list of digraphs used in various Latin alphabets. Letters with diacritics are arranged in
List_of_Latin-script_digraphs
Pair of characters used to write one phoneme
separate code point for a digraph, encoded as a single character. The DZ and IJ digraphs and the Serbian/Croatian digraphs DŽ, LJ, and NJ have separate
Digraph_(orthography)
Latin digraph used in Serbo-Croatian
Serbian), after D and before Đ. It is pronounced [ɖʐ] or [d͡ʒ], like "j" in English. Dž is a digraph that corresponds to the letter Dzhe (Џ/џ) of the Serbian
Dž
predictable effect of assimilation, and therefore not a true digraph) ⟨дь⟩: Yakut: [d͡ʑ] ⟨дә⟩: Abkhaz: [dʷ] ⟨ее⟩ Archi: [eː] ⟨ееӏ⟩ Archi: [eːˤ] ⟨еӏ⟩ Archi:
List_of_Cyrillic_multigraphs
Letter of the Cyrillic script
his Cyrillic script reform, when the letter entered widespread use. Dž : Digraph Dž J j : Latin letter J G g : Latin letter soft G, the romanization and
Dzhe
Topics referred to by the same term
currently since 2020. Donghai Airlines, the IATA code for this airline. Dz (digraph), used in Polish, Kashubian, Macedonian, Slovak, Esperanto, Hungarian
DZ
Cyrillic letter
origin. As such, the digraph ⟨дз⟩ is used to represent both the phoneme /d͡z/ and the separately occurring consonant cluster /d.z/ which Ukrainian phonotactics
Dze
Digraph
Ll or ll is a digraph that occurs in several languages. In English, ⟨ll⟩ often represents the same sound as single ⟨l⟩: /l/. The doubling is used to indicate
Ll
Latin letter Z with acute accent
kreską. The letter also appears in the digraph dź, which is pronounced as voiced alveolo-palatal affricate ([d͡ʑ]) sound. In the Latin alphabet of Montenegrin
Ź
Form of Latin script used to write Serbo-Croatian
5 letters with diacritics (Č, Ć, Đ, Š, Ž) and 3 digraphs (Dž, Lj, Nj). Each letter (including digraphs) represents one Serbo-Croatian phoneme, yielding
Gaj's_Latin_alphabet
Twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet
is either only found in loanwords, or is practically equivalent to the digraph IJ. Hence, both Griekse ij and i-grec are used, as well as ypsilon. In
Y
Stroke U+02A3 ʣ 675 Latin Small Letter DZ Digraph U+02A4 ʤ 676 Latin Small Letter Dezh Digraph U+02A5 ʥ 677 Latin Small Letter DZ Digraph with Curl U+02A6
List_of_Unicode_characters
Twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet
becomes available for other sounds. In Albanian, ⟨x⟩ represents /dz/ while the digraph ⟨xh⟩ represents /dʒ/. It represents /x/ (voiceless velar fricative)
X
Twenty-sixth letter of the Latin alphabet
/ʑ/ and /ʐ/. They also appear in the digraphs ⟨dź⟩ (/d͡ʑ/) and ⟨dż⟩ (/d͡ʐ/). Hungarian uses ⟨z⟩ in the digraphs ⟨sz⟩ (expressing /s/, as opposed to the
Z
Seventh letter of the Latin alphabet
The digraph ⟨dg⟩ has the value /d͡ʒ/ (soft ⟨g⟩), as in badger. Non-digraph ⟨dg⟩ can also occur, in compounds like floodgate and headgear. The digraph ⟨ng⟩
G
Cyrillic letter
alveolo-palatal affricate [d͡ʑ]. It resembles the letter De with a tail of a small Ze. In Ossetian, it was later replaced with digraph Dz (currently Дз). It is
Dzze
Sounds spelled with the digraph ⟨th⟩
⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. In English, the digraph ⟨th⟩ usually represents either the voiced dental fricative phoneme /ð/
Pronunciation_of_English_⟨th⟩
Transliteration of text from the Macedonian Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet
rendered with digraphs lj, nj (although the academic orthography also permits using ĺ, ń), and the voiced affricates of Cyrillic ѕ, џ with dz, dž respectively
Romanization_of_Macedonian
Belarusian also has several digraphs: ⟨ch, dz, dź, dž⟩. ↑↑↑↑ Bislama also has the digraph ⟨ng⟩. ↑↑↑↑ Breton also has the digraphs ⟨ch, c'h, zh⟩. ⟨c, q, x⟩
List of Latin-script alphabets
List_of_Latin-script_alphabets
Overview of digraphs in the Cyrillic script
There are only two true digraphs: ⟨дж⟩ for /d͡ʒ/ and ⟨дз⟩ for /d͡z/ (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian). Sometimes these digraphs are even considered as
Cyrillic_digraphs
Script of the Polish language
Russian Empire Cyrillic transcriptions of Polish Polish manual alphabet The digraph ⟨qu⟩ is typically replaced by ⟨kw⟩. As on the picture "GDL Statute". Wikimedia
Polish_alphabet
Letter in the Armenian alphabet
Armenian and the voiced alveolar affricate (/dz/) in Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the digraph Ts. It was part of the alphabet created by
Tsa_(letter)
Glyph combining two or more letterforms
points for the digraph DZ, the Dutch digraph IJ, and for the Serbo-Croatian digraphs DŽ, LJ, and NJ. Although similar, these are digraphs, not ligatures
Ligature_(writing)
Unicode character block
174 U+02A3 ʣ ʣ Latin Small Letter DZ Digraph Voiced alveolar affricate (obsolete) 212 U+02A4 ʤ ʤ Latin Small Letter Dezh Digraph Voiced postalveolar
IPA_Extensions
31st letter of the three Georgian scripts
affricate /dz/, like the pronunciation of ⟨ds⟩ in "pads". It is typically romanized with the digraph Dz, or with the letters J, Ż, and Ʒ. Latin digraph Dz Latin
Dzili
Diacritical mark (◌̌)
Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Latvian and Lithuanian use č, š and ž. The digraph dž is also used in these languages but is considered a separate letter only
Caron
symbols in Unicode List of Latin letters by shape List of Latin-script digraphs Category:Latin-script ligatures Category:Palaeographic letters Category:Phonetic
List_of_Latin-script_letters
Latin-script alphabet consisting of 34 letters
Y, Z, Ż The Kashubian language also uses some digraphs: ch, cz, dz, dż, rz and sz. The digraphs cz, dż, sz, ż are pronounced in a different manner from
Kashubian_alphabet
Digraph in a number of languages
Ny is a digraph in a number of languages such as Catalan, Luganda, Hungarian, Swahili, Malay, and Tagalog. In most of these languages, including all of
Ny_(digraph)
Diacritical mark
palatal hook bottom 𝼥 D with left hook left ȡ D with curl bottom ʥ 𐞉 Dz digraph with curl bottom 𝼙 Dezh with retroflex hook bottom ꬴ E with flourish
Hook_(diacritic)
Related alphabets based on Cyrillic scripts
replaced with Е in most cases. The sounds /dʒ/ (/d͡ʒ/) and /dz/ (/d͡z/) are represented by the digraphs дж and дз respectively, as in Belarusian and Ukrainian
Cyrillic_alphabets
Uppercase or lowercase
coordinated between the Cyrillic and Latin scripts, the Latin digraphs "Lj/lj", "Nj/nj" and "Dž/dž" are each regarded as a single letter (like their Cyrillic equivalents
Letter_case
/dtsʰ/. ⟨dzi⟩ is used for /dʑ/ when it precedes a vowel and /dʑi/ otherwise in Polish, and is considered a variant of the digraph dź appearing in other situations
List of Latin-script trigraphs
List_of_Latin-script_trigraphs
Sixth letter in the Greek alphabet
Attic-Ionic ζ. Contra: The tradition would not have invented this special digraph for these poets if [zd] was the normal pronunciation in all Greek. Furthermore
Zeta
Orthography of the Italian language
semivowels, and a silent ⟨h⟩ is used in a very few cases other than the digraphs ⟨ch⟩ and ⟨gh⟩ (used for the hard ⟨c⟩ and ⟨g⟩ sounds before ⟨e⟩ and ⟨i⟩)
Italian_orthography
Latin alphabet of the Hungarian language
names, and in foreign words. (As for Y, however, it exists as part of four digraphs.) As an auxiliary letter sometimes Ë is used in academic documents to show
Hungarian_alphabet
Collective name covering the Montenegrin Latin alphabet and Montenegrin Cyrillic alphabet
consonant Đ. The alphabet also includes some digraphs that are considered as single letters for collation purpose: Dž, Nj, and Lj. The Montenegrin Cyrillic alphabet
Montenegrin_alphabet
Writing system of the Polish language
uses the digraphs ch, cz, dz, dź, dż, rz, and sz. Combinations of certain consonants with the letter i before a vowel can be considered digraphs: ci as
Polish_orthography
System for ordering words, names and phrases
LLOM, LLONGYFARCH (NG is a digraph in LLONG, but not in LLONGYFARCH). The letter combination R+H (as distinct from the digraph RH) may similarly arise by
Alphabetical_order
Latin letter Z with caron
borrowed Iranian words, but the digraph "zh" is more commonly used. Želivského Prague Metro station Ż Rz (digraph) Ź Dž Že Zhe (Cyrillic) Voit, Petr. "Tiskové
Ž
Sequence of letters that behaves as a unit, not as a sequence of parts
term is infrequently used, as the number of letters is usually specified: Digraph – two, as English ⟨ch⟩ or ⟨ea⟩ Trigraph – three, as French ⟨eau⟩ and Italian
Multigraph_(orthography)
System of writing the Silesian language
doctor Feliks Steuer in the 1930's. It consists of 30 graphemes and 8 digraphs, based partially on Polish orthography and partially on Czech orthography
Silesian_orthography
West Slavic language
("maybe") and morze ("sea"). In occasional words, letters that normally form a digraph are pronounced separately. For example, rz represents /rz/, not /ʐ/, in
Polish_language
Form of the Latin script used to write Czech language
once the word becomes "naturalized" (assimilated into Czech); the digraphs dz and dž are also used mostly for foreign words and are not considered to be
Czech_orthography
Cyrillic letter used in Udmurt
"jam". It is usually romanized as ⟨dž⟩. Zhe with diaeresis corresponds in other Cyrillic alphabets to the digraphs ⟨дж⟩ or ⟨чж⟩, or to the letters Che
Zhe_with_diaeresis
Cyrillic letter
Russia by the Komi language of the Komi peoples. It is equivalent to the digraph Дз дз today. Cyrillic characters in Unicode Komi language Ђ ђ: Cyrillic
Dche
Alphabet and spelling
was abolished by the last Orthography Agreement. Accented letters and digraphs are not counted as separate characters for collation purposes. The spelling
Portuguese_orthography
Modifier mark added to a letter
digraphs dž, lj and nj). The Slovak alphabet uses the acute (lowercase á é í ó ú ý ĺ ŕ, uppercase Á É Í Ó Ú Ý Ĺ Ŕ), caron (lowercase č ď ľ ň š ť ž dž
Diacritic
Romance language
soft G. (See also palatalization.) The digraphs ⟨ch⟩ and ⟨gh⟩ indicate (/k/ and /ɡ/) before ⟨i, e⟩. The digraphs ⟨ci⟩ and ⟨gi⟩ indicate 'softness' (/tʃ/
Italian_language
Letter of the Latin alphabet
partially voiced alveolar and post-alveolar affricates, broadly represented /dz/ and /dʒ/. It also appears in the orthography of some African languages, for
Ezh
Script used to write the Greek language
pronunciation, is usually regular and predictable. The following vowel letters and digraphs are involved in the mergers: Modern Greek speakers typically use the same
Greek_alphabet
Orthography of the Lithuanian language
orthography uses five digraphs (Ch Dz Dž Ie Uo); these function as sequences of two letters for collation purposes. The "Ch" digraph represents a voiceless
Lithuanian_orthography
Japanese syllabary
mora in the Japanese language is represented by one character (or one digraph) in each system. This may be a vowel such as /a/ (hiragana あ); a consonant
Hiragana
The Early Cyrillic letter for [d͡z] was initially a Zeta variant, which had the form ⟨Ꙃ ꙃ⟩; by the 12th century, the [d͡z] sound was assimilated into Stigma
Cyrillization_of_Greek
Latin letter formerly used in Shona orthography
was never an official part of the IPA. However, even at that time, the digraph zv was also used instead of ɀ in Shona writing systems, and zv is the standard
Z_with_swash_tail
mostly in the digraph ċz (modern cz). A special letter ɀ was suggested for the sound /ʑ/, and along with it the digraph dɀ for /d͡ʑ/ (modern dź and dzi).
History_of_Polish_orthography
West Slavic language
prefixes, suffixes, deverbals, compounds, among others. The following digraphs are also used: Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in
Kashubian_language
Language of the Valencian Community
/b/ fails to lenite. The consonants and digraphs ⟨b, d, g, v / w, z, (i)g / j, tz⟩ /b, d, ɡ, v, z, d͡ʒ, d͡z/ become [p, t, k, f, s, t͡ʃ, t͡s] in final
Valencian_language
Grouping of two Turkic languages
alphabet consisted of all 33 Russian letters, as well as the letter ⟨Іі⟩, digraph ⟨Дь дь⟩ and the letter ⟨Ҥҥ⟩, for the phonemes [ɪ], [d͡ʒ] and [ŋ] respectively
Altai_languages
Romanization of the Armenian alphabet
be interpreted as a digraph (in red in the table below); no prime is present in the middle of romanized digraphs zh, kh, ts, dz, gh and ch representing
Romanization_of_Armenian
Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
hook), ɀ (z with swash tail). In 1955, these were replaced by letters or digraphs from the basic Latin alphabet. For example, today ⟨sv⟩ is used for ⟨ȿ⟩
Shona_language
Frequency and point values in the board game
used in loanwords, but it is not so rare, so it is included. The digraphs CH, DZ, and DŽ, although considered single letters in the Slovak alphabet, are
Scrabble_letter_distributions
Orthography of the Slovak language
Slovak, but only as allophones of /tʂ, dʐ, ʂ, ʐ/, which are normally retroflex, as in Polish. The following digraphs are not considered to be a part of the
Slovak_orthography
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɲ⟩ in IPA
the sound is represented by the digraph ⟨gn⟩. Occitan uses the digraph ⟨nh⟩, the source of the same Portuguese digraph called ene-agá (lit. 'en-aitch')
Voiced_palatal_nasal
Writing system developed in 9th century Bulgaria
zhivete Ⰶ live Ѕ ѕ / Ꙃ ꙃ ꙃѣло dzělo [dzælo] dz, ʒ, ẑ [dz] 6 Greek stigma Ϛ very The form ꙃ had the phonetic value [dz] and no numeral value, whereas the form
Early_Cyrillic_alphabet
Character encoding on Macintosh computers
Gaj's Latin alphabet. It is a derivative of Mac OS Roman. The three digraphs, Dž, Lj, and Nj, are not encoded. IBM uses code page 1284 (CCSID 1284) for
Mac_OS_Croatian_encoding
Letter of the Hungarian alphabet
Ly is a digraph of the Latin alphabet, used in Hungarian. Ly is the twentieth letter of the Hungarian alphabet. Its Hungarian name is elipszilon /ɛlːipsilon/
Hungarian_ly
Alphabet that uses letters from the Cyrillic script
palatalize a preceding consonant. The digraphs дз and дж are normally used to represent single affricates /d͡z/ and /d͡ʒ/. Palatalization of consonants
Ukrainian_alphabet
Dialect of Akan in Ghana
the digraphs ts and dz, which represent /ts/ and /dz/ in Fante subdialects that distinguish the plosives /t/ and /d/ and the affricates /ts/ and /dz/, but
Fante_dialect
Variant of the letter D
his Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language, replacing the older digraphs ⟨dj⟩ and ⟨gj⟩. Daničić modeled the letter after the Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon
D_with_stroke
Latin letter L with dot below
used in multiple languages to represent various sounds: In Asturian, a digraph (Ḷḷ, lower case: ḷḷ) is used to represent some western dialectal phonemes
Ḷ
Aspect of the West Slavic language
documents in Czech exist at the end of the century. The digraph orthography is applied. The older digraph orthography: ch = ch; chz = č; cz = c; g = j; rs,
History_of_the_Czech_language
Direct descendants of Vulgar Latin
[ɟ] or a voiced alveolo-palatal affricate [dʑ]. H: Silent in most languages; used to form various digraphs. But represents [h] in Romanian, Walloon and
Romance_languages
Latin letter C with cedilla
The pronunciation is similar to the slavic S. In Manx it is used in the digraph ⟨çh⟩, which also represents /t͡ʃ/, to differentiate it from normal ⟨ch⟩
Ç
Using uppercase for a word's first letter, or using uppercase at all
surnames. A converse exception exists in the Croatian alphabet, where digraph letters (Dž, Lj, Nj) have mixed-case forms even when written as ligatures. With
Capitalization
Ugric language
first lexeme of a compound ends in a digraph and the second lexeme starts with the same digraph, both digraphs are written out: jegy + gyűrű = jegygyűrű
Hungarian_language
Spelling and punctuation of the French language
Greek origin is complicated by a number of digraphs which originated in the Latin transcriptions. The digraphs ⟨ph, th, ch⟩ normally represent /f, t, k/
French_orthography
Alphabet of the Sorbian languages
by bj, pj, mj, wj, and fj. Sorbian orthography also includes two digraphs: The digraph ch follows h in alphabetical order. These letters are used in foreign
Sorbian_alphabet
English speakers' pronunciation of other languages
spelling pronunciations of digraphs. The digraph ⟨sc⟩ represents /st͡s/, though speakers may substitute [s] or [sk]. The digraph ⟨kn⟩ represents /kn/, though
Anglophone pronunciation of foreign languages
Anglophone_pronunciation_of_foreign_languages
Armenian script sometimes used for Turkish until 1928
Although the Armenian alphabet fits the Turkish phonology very well, a few digraphs are needed to write all Turkish sounds, especially vowels. Some of them
Armeno-Turkish_alphabet
Writing system of the Macedonian language
the digraphs ЛЬ and НЬ (used by Marko Cepenkov, Gjorgjija Pulevski and in the "Macedonian primer" of the Secret Macedonian Committee) the digraphs ЛЈ and
Macedonian_alphabet
How Yiddish is spelled and written
digraph forms on both modified Hebrew and native Yiddish typewriters, when Yiddish text is entered from a computer keyboard with single-key digraphs,
Yiddish_orthography
Blackletter typeface
⟨ſch⟩ [ž] / ⟨ẜch⟩ [š], ⟨dſch⟩ [dž] / ⟨tẜch⟩ [č]), while accents (⟨à⟩, ⟨â⟩, ⟨ê⟩, ⟨î⟩, ⟨ô⟩, ⟨û⟩) together with digraphs (⟨ah⟩, ⟨eh⟩ etc.) are used for long
Fraktur
Unicode character block
Non-European and historic Latin, African letters for clicks, Croatian digraphs matching Serbian Cyrillic letters, Pinyin diacritic-vowel combinations
Latin_Extended-B
Unicode. Unicode typefaces may be needed for these to display correctly. DZ, Dz, dz DŽ, Dž, dž ff ffi ffl fi fl IJ, ij LJ, Lj, lj NJ, Nj, nj st ſt A collection of precomposed Latin
List of precomposed Latin characters in Unicode
List_of_precomposed_Latin_characters_in_Unicode
Consonantal sound
the tesh digraph (ʧ): U+107AE 𐞮 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TESH DIGRAPH is an IPA superscript letter U+1DF17 𝼗 LATIN SMALL LETTER TESH DIGRAPH WITH PALATAL
Voiceless postalveolar affricate
Voiceless_postalveolar_affricate
Brazilian Portuguese variety
alone, because these do /ɾ/, and the second at the beginning of words or digraph "rr"). None of the two phonemes occur at the end of words. Examples: corda
Central northeastern Portuguese
Central_northeastern_Portuguese
Alphabets of the Dungan language
Dungan primer, capital letters were not used). The alphabet also used 4 digraphs: Dƶ dƶ, Ts ts, Tş tş, Uv uv. In March 1932, at a meeting on the Dungan alphabet
Dungan_alphabets
Braille alphabet of the Hungarian language
vowels, the majority of digraphs are created through reflection: This creates the following pattern among the sibilants: Dz and Dzs are treated as D-Z
Hungarian_Braille
Spelling and punctuation of the Dutch language
are vowels and 20 (or 21) letters are consonants. In some aspects, the digraph ⟨ij⟩ behaves as a single letter. ⟨e⟩ is the most frequently used letter
Dutch_orthography
1920s–30s Soviet Latin alphabet for Turkic languages
(schwa) also looks like Russian/Cyrillic Э in some fonts. There is also a digraph in Yañalif (Ьj ьj). The earliest written text in a Kipchak language, specifically
Yañalif
Writing system of Modern Greek
standard practice is to spell δυσκατανοήτων with a non-final sigma. A digraph is a pair of letters used to write one sound or a combination of sounds
Greek_orthography
Nguni language of southern South Africa
single consonant [kʟ̥ʼ]. These two consonants, [dz] and [dz̤], are found in loans. Both are spelled ⟨dz⟩, the same as the consonant [d̥zʱ]. In informal
Xhosa_language
School book in Greece
consonant). The alphabet uses the digraphs gj, kj, nj, lj and dz to represent the sounds /ɟ/, /c/, /ɲ/, an /lj/ cluster, and /d͡z/, respectively, corresponding
Abecedar
7-bit character encodings for Yugoslav languages
with corresponding Cyrillic letters. Љ (lj), Њ (nj), Џ (dž) and ѕ (dz) correspond to Latin digraphs, and are mapped over Latin letters which are not used
YUSCII
Ukrainian linguistic rules
«Ґрамма́тіки Славе́нския пра́вилное Cv́нтаґма» in 1619, when the letter ґ, the digraphs дж and дз, as well as й were introduced; in the orthography of the magazine
Ukrainian_orthography
System of phonetic notation
the 1949 Principles, ⟨c⟩ and ⟨ɟ⟩ had been used as shortcuts for /t͡ɕ/ and /d͡ʑ/ in Asante Twi. Among the symbols of the IPA, 107 letters represent consonants
International Phonetic Alphabet
International_Phonetic_Alphabet
West Germanic language spoken in Wilamowice, Poland
affricates /d͡z, d̠͡z̠, d͡ʒ, d͡ʑ/ are only heard in Polish loanwords. A series of flat post-alveolar sibilants and affricates [s̠, z̠, t̠͡s̠, d̠͡z̠], are also
Wymysorys
Bantu language group of the Comoro Islands
in which French is the language of instruction. Note: In Shimaore, the digraphs " vh " and " bv " are used for representing the phoneme [β]. Only in the
Comorian_languages
DZ DIGRAPH
DZ DIGRAPH
DZ DIGRAPH
DZ DIGRAPH
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Unique; Inalienability; Limitless; Endless; Beautiful Star; Matchless
Boy/Male
Australian, French, German
Flower
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Cadborough, alias Gateborough, in Rye, Sussex, probably so named from Old English gÄt ‘goat’ + beorg ‘hill’.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Honey, Witness, Patriot
Male
Native American
Native American Hopi name KOTORI means "screech owl spirit."
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Concert; Musical Instrument
Boy/Male
Norse
A mythical giant.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Small arrow
Girl/Female
Latin
Fortunate one. Feminine of Faustus.
Boy/Male
Tamil
DZ DIGRAPH
DZ DIGRAPH
DZ DIGRAPH
DZ DIGRAPH
DZ DIGRAPH
a.
Of or pertaining to a digraph.
n.
The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm. T () the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation, //262-264, and also //153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180.
n.
A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow. S () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, debris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, // 255-261.
n. pl.
An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side. N () the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 243-246.
n.
A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an improper diphthong.
n.
A digraph.
n.
A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph.
v. t.
To fetter; to shackle; to chain. H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in charm (written also tch as in catch), with the latter, the sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In some words, mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others, ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 153, 179, 181-3, 237-8.
n.
Two signs or characters combined to express a single articulated sound; as ea in head, or th in bath.