ᵹ
See also: Ᵹ
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Translingual
editDesign
edit- Insular script form of g.
Symbol
editᵹ
- (Irish and Welsh linguistics, Teutonista) a voiced velar fricative (IPA [ɣ]).
Usage notes
editThis character may be used when there is a contrast with Carolingian g. The usual character for Insular g is simply g in an Insular font.
Cornish
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editLetter
editᵹ (upper case Ᵹ)
- (archaic) A letter of the Cornish alphabet
- An ôst an tshei ameꝺ an dzhẏi: Pe 'ntra venta guîl ᵹen an ôst antshei? ẏbma maᵹen ostez nei ha yẏꝿk eu hei: mar menta guellaz an ôst an tshei, kî ꝺa 'n ᵹeᵹen, ha enna ti an kâv.
- The host of the house, said they! What wouldst thou do with the host of the house? Here is the hostess with us, and young she is: but if you will see the host of the house, go into the kitchen, and there you'll find him.
Derived terms
editOld English
editLetter
editᵹ (upper case Ᵹ)
- Insular script form of g.
- Johnson (1828): WROUGHT. [ƿꞃoᵹꝺ, Sax. The preter. and part. pass. as it seems, of work ...]
Usage notes
editThis is normally encoded as an ASCII g and handled by the font, as there is no semantic distinction between the two styles. There are occasional mixed texts, as in the etymology for 'wrought' in Johnson's 1828 dictionary above.