ǣ U+01E3, ǣ
LATIN SMALL LETTER AE WITH MACRON
Composition:æ [U+00E6] + ◌̄ [U+0304]
Ǣ
[U+01E2]
Latin Extended-B Ǥ
[U+01E4]

Translingual

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Letter

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ǣ

  1. (international standards) transliterates Sinhala (and its diacritic ).

English

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Symbol

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ǣ

  1. (lexicography, dated) An orthographic æ with a diacritic that marks it as representing the close front unrounded vowel /i/.

Old English

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Pronunciation

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ǣ (upper case Ǣ)

  1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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The vowel letter æ marked for length. Long vowels are not consistently distinguished in Old English manuscripts. They generally are in modern editions.