Η

See also: Appendix:Variations of "h"

Η U+0397, Η GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA ← Ζ [U+0396] Greek and Coptic Θ → [U+0398]

Translingual

Symbol

Η

1. (textual criticism), the Alexandrian text-type (from Hesychius, its once-supposed editor).

See also

• Η on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤇 (ḥ, “ḥēt”).

Letter

Η • (Ē) (uppercase, lowercase η)

1. The letter eta (ἦτα), the seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

Derived terms

• (Cyrillic) И
• (Coptic) Ⲏ

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ, ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

Η • (I) (uppercase, lowercase η)

1. The upper case letter eta (ήτα), the seventh letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

Numeral

Η • (I)

1. The number eight in Greek numerals.

See also

• ͵Η (“8000”) (a Greek numeral)

Article

Η • (I)

1. the (feminine form; plural οι)

Usage notes

When accented this letter forms a conjunction ή (í, “or”).

See also

see: Appendix:Greek alphabet