See also: ъ, ѣ, and Ь

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ь U+044C, ь
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SOFT SIGN
ы
[U+044B]
Cyrillic э
[U+044D]
 
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ь (upper case Ь)

  1. A letter of the Cyrillic script, called soft sign.

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ь (upper case Ь)

  1. A letter of the Old Cyrillic script, called front yer or yeri.

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AbazaEdit

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ь (ʲ) (lower case, upper case Ь)

  1. The sixty-eighth letter of the Abaza alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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AbkhazEdit

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ь (ʲ) (lower case, upper case Ь)

  1. The sixty-third letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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AdygheEdit

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ь (ʲ) (lower case, upper case Ь)

  1. The sixty-first letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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AghulEdit

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ь (ʲ) (lower case, upper case Ь)

  1. The fiftieth letter of the Aghul alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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AlutorEdit

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ь (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ь)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called ер малък (er malǎk), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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  • 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. The fifty-fifth letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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KalmykEdit

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ь (ĭ) (lower case, upper case Ь)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. The thirty-eighth letter of the Mansi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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MongolianEdit

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ь (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. The fortieth letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Only used in Russian borrowings.

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RomanianEdit

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ь (lower case, upper case Ь)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Moldovan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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ь (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. The thirty-seventh letter of the Yakut alphabet, called сымнатар бэлиэ (sımnatar belie), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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