ь
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ь (upper case Ь)
- A letter of the Cyrillic script, called soft sign.
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ь (upper case Ь)
- A letter of the Old Cyrillic script, called front yer or yeri.
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Handwritten.
AbazaEdit
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ь • (ʲ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The sixty-eighth letter of the Abaza alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гв гв, Гъ гъ, Гъв гъв, Гъь гъь, Гь гь, Гӏ гӏ, Гӏв гӏв, Д д, Дж дж, Джв джв, Джь джь, Дз дз, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жв жв, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Кв кв, Къ къ, Къв къв, Къь къь, Кь кь, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏв кӏв, Кӏь кӏь, Л л, Ль ль, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тл тл, Тш тш, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хв хв, Хъ хъ, Хъв хъв, Хь хь, Хӏ хӏ, Хӏв хӏв, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чв чв, Чӏ чӏ, Чӏв чӏв, Ш ш, Шв шв, Шӏ шӏ, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я
AbkhazEdit
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ь • (ʲ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The sixty-third letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гь гь, Гә гә, Ӷ ӷ, Ӷь ӷь, Ӷә ӷә, Д д, Дә дә, Е е, Ж ж, Жь жь, Жә жә, З з, Ӡ ӡ, Ӡә ӡә, И и, К к, Кь кь, Кә кә, Қ қ, Қь қь, Қә қә, Ҟ ҟ, Ҟь ҟь, Ҟә ҟә, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Ԥ ԥ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тә тә, Ҭ ҭ, Ҭә ҭә, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хь хь, Хә хә, Ҳ ҳ, Ҳә ҳә, Ц ц, Цә цә, Ҵ ҵ, Ҵә ҵә, Ч ч, Ҷ ҷ, Ҽ ҽ, Ҿ ҿ, Ш ш, Шь шь, Шә шә, Ы ы, Ҩ ҩ, Џ џ, Џь џь, Ь ь, Ә ә
AdygheEdit
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ь • (ʲ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The sixty-first letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гу гу, Гъ гъ, Гъу гъу, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Дзу дзу, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жъ жъ, Жъу жъу, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ку ку, Къ къ, Къу къу, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏу кӏу, Л л, Лъ лъ, Лӏ лӏ, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Пӏу пӏу, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, Тӏу тӏу, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Хъу хъу, Хь хь, Ц ц, Цу цу, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чӏ чӏ, Чъ чъ, Ш ш, Шъ шъ, Шъу шъу, Шӏ шӏ, Шӏу шӏу, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я, ӏ ӏ, ӏу ӏу
AghulEdit
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ь (ʲ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The fiftieth letter of the Aghul alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гъ гъ, Гь гь, Гӏ гӏ, Д д, Дж дж, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Кк кк, Къ къ, Кь кь, Кӏ кӏ, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пп пп, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тт тт, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Уь уь, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Хь хь, Хӏ хӏ, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чч чч, Чӏ чӏ, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, ӏ ӏ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я
AlutorEdit
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ь (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-sixth letter of the Alutor alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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AvarEdit
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ь • (ʲ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The forty-third letter of the Avar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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BashkirEdit
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ь • (’) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-eighth letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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BelarusianEdit
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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BulgarianEdit
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called ер малък (er malǎk), and written in the Cyrillic script.
Usage notesEdit
- This letter is only ever used following a consonant as the digraph ьо (e.g. in шофьор (šofjor)) to denote palatalization.
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BuryatEdit
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-third letter of the Buryat alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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ChechenEdit
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ь • (ʲ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The forty-third letter of the Chechen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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ChukchiEdit
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ь (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-third letter of the Chukchi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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ChuvashEdit
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-fourth letter of the Chuvash alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Crimean TatarEdit
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ь (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-fourth letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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DargwaEdit
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ь • (’) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The forty-third letter of the Dargwa alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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DunganEdit
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ь • (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-fifth letter of the Dungan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Eastern MariEdit
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ь • () (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-third letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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EvenEdit
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ь (’) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-third letter of the Even alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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EvenkiEdit
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ь • (’) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-first letter of the Evenki alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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IngushEdit
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ь • (ʲ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The forty-first letter of the Ingush alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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ItelmenEdit
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ь (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The forty-fourth letter of the Itelmen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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KabardianEdit
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ь • (ʲ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The fifty-fifth letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Э э, Б б, В в, Г г, Гу гу, Гъ гъ, Гъу гъу, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ку ку, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏу кӏу, Къ къ, Къу къу, Кхъ кхъ, Кхъу кхъу, Л л, Лъ лъ, Лӏ лӏ, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Ф ф, Фӏ фӏ, Х х, Ху ху, Хь хь, Хъ хъ, Хъу хъу, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Щӏ щӏ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я, ӏ ӏ, ӏу ӏу
KalmykEdit
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ь • (ĭ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-sixth letter of the Kalmyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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KazakhEdit
| Cyrillic | ь |
|---|---|
| Arabic | n/a (n/a) |
| Latin | n/a |
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ь • () (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-ninth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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KhakasEdit
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ь • (’) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-sixth letter of the Khakas alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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KumykEdit
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-sixth letter of the Kumyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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KyrgyzEdit
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-third letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called ичкертүү белгиси (içkertüü belgisi), and written in the Cyrillic script.
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LezgiEdit
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ь • (’) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The forty-second letter of the Lezgi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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MansiEdit
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-eighth letter of the Mansi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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MongolianEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈʲ/
- Syllabification: ь (1 syllable)
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-second letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called зөөлний тэмдэг (zöölnii temdeg), and written in the Cyrillic script.
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NivkhEdit
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ь (j) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The forty-third letter of the Nivkh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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OssetianEdit
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The fortieth letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
Usage notesEdit
Only used in Russian borrowings.
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RomanianEdit
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ь (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Moldovan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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RussianEdit
PronunciationEdit
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirtieth letter of the Russian alphabet, called мягкий знак (mjaxkij znak), and written in the Cyrillic script.
Usage notesEdit
- The soft sign has no sound of its own, but modifies that of the preceding consonant by causing it to be pronounced palatalized (i.e. soft).
- Less commonly, it just has a traditional orthographic usage with no phonetic meaning. For example, nouns ending in ⟨ч⟩, ⟨ш⟩, ⟨ж⟩ and ⟨щ⟩ are pronounced identically to their counterparts ending in ⟨чь⟩, ⟨шь⟩, ⟨жь⟩ and ⟨щь⟩, but they have different grammatical genders and declensions.
- It also has the function of a separation sign: vowels after the soft sign are pronounced separately from the previous consonant and are iotated. Compare льют (lʹjut) [lʲjut] and лют (ljut) [lʲut].
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Southern AltaiEdit
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-fourth letter of the Southern Altai alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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TabasaranEdit
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ь • (ʼ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The forty-third letter of the Tabasaran alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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TatarEdit
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ь • (’) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-sixth letter of the Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Tundra NenetsEdit
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ь • (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-first letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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TuvanEdit
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-third letter of the Tuvan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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UdmurtEdit
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ь • () (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-fifth letter of the Udmurt alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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UkrainianEdit
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-first letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called м’який знак (mʺjakyj znak), and written in the Cyrillic script.
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UzbekEdit
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ь (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Western MariEdit
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ь • () (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-fourth letter of the Western Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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YakutEdit
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ь • () (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-seventh letter of the Yakut alphabet, called сымнатар бэлиэ (sımnatar belie), and written in the Cyrillic script.