š

See also: Appendix:Variations of "s"

š U+0161, š LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON Composition: s [U+0073] + ◌̌ [U+030C] ← Š [U+0160] Latin Extended-A Ţ → [U+0162]

Translingual

Letter

š (upper case Š)

1. The letter s with a háček.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter S):  Śś  Ṥṥ  Ŝŝ  Šš  Ṧṧ  Ṡṡẛ  Şş  Ṣṣ  Ṩṩ  Șș  S̩s̩  ᵴ  ᶊ  ʂ  ȿ  ꜱ  Ｓｓ  ſ  ẞß  stſt
• (Letters using háček sign):  Ǎǎ  Čč  Ďď  Ěě  Ǧǧ  Ȟȟ  Ǐǐ  J̌ǰ  Ǩǩ  Ľľ  Ňň  Ǒǒ  Řř  Šš  Ťť  Ǔǔ  Ǚǚ  Žž  Ǯǯ  DŽDždž  DŽDždž

Czech

Letter

š (lower case, upper case Š)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛ/
  • Conventional anglicization: she

Noun

 m

1. lake
2. garden with a pool

Inflection

Declension of š (masculine)

singular	š
dual	šwj
plural	šw

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 380 page 313, 380.

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑː/

Letter

š (lower case, upper case Š)

1. The twentieth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called šaa and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Used only in loanwords.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

Finnish

Letter

š (lower case, upper case Š)

1. A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called hattu-s or suhu-s and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• In the Finnish alphabet, š is a variant of s.
• Used only in loanwords and transcribing foreign names.
• Often written as s or sh.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ]

Letter

Š

š (lower case, upper case Š)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Latvian alphabet, called eš and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Letter

š (upper case Š)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Letter

š (lower case, upper case Š)

1. (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-sixth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: (International Standard) ś

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (uppercase) Š

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Letter

š (Cyrillic spelling ш)

1. The 25th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by s and followed by t.

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Letter

š (upper case Š)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ