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H

See also: Appendix:Variations of "h" and ㅐ

H U+0048, H
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H
← G
[U+0047] 		Basic Latin I →
[U+0049]
Ｈ U+FF28, Ｈ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H
← Ｇ
[U+FF27] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｉ →
[U+FF29]

Translingual Edit

 
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Etymology Edit

From the Etruscan letter 𐌇 (h, “he”), from the Ancient Greek letter Η (Ē, “eta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤇 (ḥ, “het”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈈 or maybe 𓉗.

Letter Edit

H (lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

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Symbol Edit

H

  1. (chemistry) Symbol for hydrogen.
  2. (physics) Symbol for a henry, a unit for measurement of electrical inductance in the International System of Units.
  3. (mechanics) Symbol for a generic Hamiltonian.
  4. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for histidine
  5. (mathematics) Homology group or cohomology group
  6. (linguistics) high tone
  7. (linguistics) A wildcard for a glottal consonant or more broadly for a laryngeal consonant
    synonyms: Q for uvular consonants, Φ for pharyngeals
  8. (clothing) Bra cup size.

Usage notes Edit

  • (in mathematics) An H with a numerical (or variable) superscript denotes a homology group; with a subscript, it denotes a cohomology group.

Gallery Edit

  • Letter styles
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    Uppercase and lowercase versions of H, in normal and italic type

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    Uppercase and lowercase H in Fraktur

See also Edit

Other representations of H:

English Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Latin H, from Ancient Greek Η (-).

Pronunciation Edit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /eɪtʃ/
  • (non-standard except Ireland) IPA(key): /heɪtʃ/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪtʃ

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h, plural Hs or H's)

  1. The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
    • 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 3, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
      On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D.
Derived terms Edit
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Noun Edit

H (usually uncountable, plural Hs)

  1. (baseball) Abbreviation of hits.
  2. (slang) Abbreviation of heroin.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:heroin
    • 1956, Jess Stearn, Sisters of the Night: The Startling Story of Prostitution in New York Today, New York: Julian Messner, Inc., page 59:
      “Anyway, when he came out of Patsy's room, I grabbed him by the arm and said, ‘Gee whiz, doc, haven't you got a couple of pills for me—even demerol?’ ” / Willie broke off to explain. “That's a synthetic. We call them demmies. If you can't buy H or M, why, demmies will do the trick.”
    • 2006, Hank Williams III (lyrics and music), “Crazed Country Rebel”, in Straight to Hell:
      Then I got some H / From my old Uncle Pete / Now I'm startin' to feel / Like I might've ODed
  3. (journalism) Abbreviation of half-year.
    We expect the amendment to enter into force in H2 2013.
  4. (Britain) A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil of grade 2H; a pencil with hard lead.
    1. A pencil of grade H.
  5. (India, Hinduism, Internet slang) Initialism of Hindu.
Usage notes Edit

Sense 5 is mostly used by Indian Muslim netizens primarily towards Hindutva supporters.

Meronyms Edit
  • (a half-year): Q (½ H)
Coordinate terms Edit
  • (Indian politics, online slang): M (used by Indian Hindu netizens directed towards Muslims, especially Muslim activists and extremists)

Adjective Edit

H (not comparable)

  1. (Britain) Abbreviation of hard in reference to a grade of pencil lead.
  2. (linguistics) Abbreviation of high |in reference to a dialect's social status.
    An H variety usually enjoys official approval and cultural prestige.
  3. (philately) Abbreviation of hinged.
Meronyms Edit
  • (pencil grade): 2H (ligher than H), HB (harder than H)

Number Edit

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H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The ordinal number eighth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.

Proper noun Edit

H

  1. (religion) A hypothetical source proposed to underlie the Holiness Code and to have influenced various other parts of the Torah.
    • 2015, Jason M. H. Gaines, The Poetic Priestly Source, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, →ISBN, page 277:
      H is priestly, evincing concern for cultic sacrifices, cultic observances, the behavior of priests, and ethical matters. H is not P, however, as it has unique vocabulary and contradicts several aspects of Priestly theology, such as the status of the Israelites, the importance of "the land," and whether YHWH or the Israelites own the land.

Etymology 2 Edit

Calque of Arabic هـ‎ (h-)

Adverb Edit

H (not comparable)

  1. (calendar terms) Synonym of AH: in the year of the Hegira, used to mark dates employing the Islamic calendar.

Etymology 3 Edit

Borrowed from Japanese H, alternative form of エッチ (etchi), in turn from English H as an abbreviation of Japanese 変態 (hentai, “pervert”).

A doublet of ecchi (“erotic, lascivious”) and hentai (“pornographic anime, manga, etc.”).

Adjective Edit

H (comparative more H, superlative most H)

  1. Pornographic in a way characteristic of hentai.
    • 1993 August 5, Eric B. Shen, “Help with H manga needed! :-)”, in alt.manga‎[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2023-03-15:
      I am going to Berkeley, CA and I was wondering if there were any nearby places to go to get good nasty H stuff. And do you have any recommendations?
    • 2018 January 3, [anonymous], “/tg/ - Traditional Games » Thread #57240679”, in Desuarchive [originally posted on 4chan]‎[3], Bibliotheca Anonoma, archived from the original on 2023-03-15, [post #57242424]:
      This artwork predicates a very H SCENE immediately following this capture.
    • 2020 September 29, @GAVINASSS, Twitter‎[4], archived from the original on 2020-09-29:
      Who needs Yotsubato for easy JP reading material when you have raw untranslated H doujinshi / You can jack off AND feel like you've accomplished something
Usage notes Edit

The term is sometimes connected to the noun following it with a hyphen, as in H-manga, for example.

Alternative forms Edit

Afar Edit

Letter Edit

H

  1. The twentyfirst and penultimate letter in the Afar alphabet.

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Afrikaans Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɦɑː/

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also Edit

Noun Edit

H (plural H's, diminutive H'tjie)

  1. H

Azerbaijani Edit

Letter Edit

H upper case (lower case h)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Basque Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): (Southern) /at͡ʃe/, [a.t͡ʃe̞]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /hat͡ʃe/, [ɦa.t͡ʃe̞]

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Basque alphabet, called hatxe and written in the Latin script.

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Central Franconian Edit

Etymology Edit

  • /h/ is from West Germanic stem-initial *h.

Pronunciation Edit

  • /h/ (or silent, see below)

Letter Edit

H

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes Edit

Use of silent H
  • In the German-based spelling, silent h may be written to indicate a preceding long vowel. Some writers make liberal use of this, but the predominant tendency is to use doubled vowel letters instead and allow h only in the following cases:
    • where it serves to indicate a hiatus: blohe [ˈblɔːə];
    • where the German cognate has h as well: fähle (German fehlen);
    • where the German cognate has ch or g: mäht (German macht).
  • Silent h is not used in the Dutch-based spelling.

Chinese Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Borrowed from Japanese H (etchi), initialism of 変態 (hentai, “sexual perversion”). Sometimes reinterpreted by Chinese speakers as initialism of Mandarin 黃／黄 (huáng) or Cantonese 鹹／咸 (haam4).

Pronunciation Edit

Note: Often realised as 4eq&3qr.

Adjective Edit

H

  1. (neologism, slang) dirty; lewd; perverted
  2. (neologism, slang, attributive) sexual; pornographic

Verb Edit

H

  1. (neologism, slang) to have sex

Noun Edit

H

  1. (neologism, slang) sexual intercourse

Etymology 2 Edit

Pronunciation 1 Edit

Note: Often realised as 4eq&3qr.

Letter Edit

H

  1. The seventh letter of the Latin alphabet.
Derived terms Edit

Pronunciation 2 Edit

Letter Edit

H

  1. The seventh letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notes Edit
  • 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
  • The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

Czech Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

H n

  1. H (the 10th letter in the Czech alphabet)
  2. (music) B

Declension Edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Dutch Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

H (capital, lowercase h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

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Elfdalian Edit

Alternative forms Edit

  • ᚼ, Å (Dalecarlian runes)

Letter Edit

H (upper case H, lower case h)

  1. The tenth letter of the Elfdalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Esperanto Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The tenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called ho and written in the Latin script.

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Estonian Edit

 
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Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called haa or hašš and written in the Latin script.

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Finnish Edit

Etymology Edit

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on Swedish, German and Latin. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and H for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /h/ (mostly)
  • IPA(key): /ˈhoː/, [ˈho̞ː] (name of letter)

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called hoo and written in the Latin script.

See also Edit

Noun Edit

H

  1. Alternative letter-case form of h (“B (musical note)”)

French Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the French alphabet, called ache and written in the Latin script.

German Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /h/
    • The letter is silent in the syllable coda, before /ə/, and before suffixes. In common speech, h is frequently silent in the onset of all word-internal unstressed syllables, thus e.g. in -heit and -haft (unless these have secondary stress).
  • (name) IPA(key): /haː/

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the German alphabet.
Usage notes Edit
Spelling rules for silent h

For the use of silent h in German orthography one may note three general rules:

  1. It occurs only after long monophthongs and the diphthong ei.
  2. It occurs after simple i only in the pronominal stems ihm, ihn-, ihr-, and in Schlemihl.
  3. It is mostly restricted to native Germanic words; instances in loanwords are exceptional.

Expanding on this, one can distinguish three types of silent h:

  1. Etymological h is written in words where Middle High German had a consonant that has become silent; this was usually h, occasionally g or w. Etymological h is missing only in a few words (e.g. rau, Ton, Träne).
  2. Hiatus-breaking h is written when an inflectable word stem ends in a long monophthong. This, too, is missing only in a few native words (e.g. säen, certain nouns like Knie, See, Schnee).
  3. Lengthening h (in the strict sense) may be written between long a, ä, e, o, ö, u, ü and following l, m, n, r. Its use is very irregular and it is missing in a great deal of words. At times this is done to distinguish homophones (e.g. malen vs. mahlen), but in general there is no clear system. One can note that lengthening h proper does not occur in stems starting with sch-, sp-, t-. It is overall rare in words starting with more than one consonant, but there are several counterexamples (e.g. Drohne, prahlen, Stuhl).
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Etymology 2 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

H n (strong, genitive H, no plural)

  1. (music) B
Declension Edit
Declension of H [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das H
genitive eines des H
dative einem dem H
accusative ein das H

See also Edit

  • B (“B-flat”)

Hungarian Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈx]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈhaː]

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called há and written in the Latin script.
Declension Edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative H H-k
accusative H-t H-kat
dative H-nak H-knak
instrumental H-val H-kkal
causal-final H-ért H-kért
translative H-vá H-kká
terminative H-ig H-kig
essive-formal H-ként H-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive H-ban H-kban
superessive H-n H-kon
adessive H-nál H-knál
illative H-ba H-kba
sublative H-ra H-kra
allative H-hoz H-khoz
elative H-ból H-kból
delative H-ról H-król
ablative H-tól H-któl
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		H-é H-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		H-éi H-kéi
Possessive forms of H
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. H-m H-im
2nd person sing. H-d H-id
3rd person sing. H-ja H-i
1st person plural H-nk H-ink
2nd person plural H-tok H-itok
3rd person plural H-juk H-ik

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Etymology 2 Edit

Abbreviation of Hungary.

Noun Edit

H

  1. Hungary (on license plates)

Ido Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

H (lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Indonesian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Italian Edit

 
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Pronunciation Edit

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈak.ka/
  • Rhymes: -akka
  • (phonemic realization is silent)

Letter Edit

H f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Italian alphabet, called acca and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes Edit

  • Used in the strings che, chi, ghe, ghi to indicate the stop realisatins /k/, /ɡ/. Also used in the four verb forms ho, hai, ha, hanno to distinguish from o, ai, a, anno. Otherwise it may occur in unadapted borrowings from modern languages. It is not used in loanwords from the classical languages.

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Japanese Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Adjective Edit

H(エッチ) • (etchi) -na (adnominal H(エッチ)な (etchi na), adverbial H(エッチ)に (etchi ni))

  1. Alternative form of エッチ (etchi, “dirty; lewd; perverted; sexual”)

Noun Edit

H(エッチ) • (etchi) 

  1. Alternative form of エッチ (etchi, “sexual intercourse”)

Verb Edit

H(エッチ)する • (etchi suru) suru (stem H(エッチ)し (etchi shi), past H(エッチ)した (etchi shita))

  1. Alternative form of エッチ (etchi, “to fuck; to have sex with”)
Conjugation Edit
Conjugation of "Hする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") Hし エッチし etchi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") Hし エッチし etchi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") Hする エッチする etchi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") Hする エッチする etchi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") Hすれ エッチすれ etchi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") Hせよ¹
Hしろ² 		エッチせよ¹
エッチしろ² 		etchi seyo¹
etchi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive Hされる エッチされる etchi sareru
Causative Hさせる
Hさす 		エッチさせる
エッチさす 		etchi saseru
etchi sasu
Potential Hできる エッチできる etchi dekiru
Volitional Hしよう エッチしよう etchi shiyō
Negative Hしない エッチしない etchi shinai
Negative continuative Hせず エッチせず etchi sezu
Formal Hします エッチします etchi shimasu
Perfective Hした エッチした etchi shita
Conjunctive Hして エッチして etchi shite
Hypothetical conditional Hすれば エッチすれば etchi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2 Edit

Noun Edit

H(は) • (ha) 

  1. (typography) Abbreviation of 歯 (a unit equal to 1 Q (kyū) and 0.25 mm(H is used for spacing, while Q is used for font size)).

Kalo Finnish Romani Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Kalo Finnish Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.[1]

Usage notes Edit

Also used in the digraphs Kh, Ph, and Th.[1]

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kimmo Granqvist (2011), “Aakkoset [Alphabet]”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani]‎[1] (in Finnish), Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 6, 2022, pages 1-2

Kashubian Edit

Etymology Edit

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and H for development of the glyph itself.

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Latvian Edit

 
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Etymology Edit

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation Edit

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Letter Edit

 
H

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called hā and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes Edit

The letter H/h (like F/f, and O/o representing [o], [oː] instead of [uə̯]) is found only in words of foreign origin (borrowings). Note that it represents the sound of IPA [x] (like German machen, ach), not (as in most other alphabets based on the Latin script) the sound of IPA [h].

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Lower Sorbian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • Silent in most native words.
  • IPA(key): (in most loanwords and some native words) /h/

Letter Edit

H (lower case h)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called ha and written in the Latin script.

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Malay Edit

 
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Pronunciation Edit

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [et͡ʃ], [het͡ʃ]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [h]

Letter Edit

H

  1. The eighth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Norwegian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

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Nupe Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The tenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Polish Edit

Etymology Edit

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and H for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Polish alphabet, called ha and written in the Latin script.

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Portuguese Edit

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Romani Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. (International Standard) The tenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The eleventh letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Romanian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The tenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called haș, ha, or hî and written in the Latin script.

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Saanich Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

H

  1. The tenth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Silesian Edit

Etymology Edit

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and H for development of the glyph itself.

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The tenth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Skolt Sami Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

H (lower case h)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also Edit

Slovene Edit

 
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Alternative forms Edit

See usage notes.

Etymology Edit

From Gaj's Latin alphabet H, from Czech alphabet H, from Latin H, from the Etruscan letter 𐌇 (h, “he”), from the Ancient Greek letter Η (Ē, “eta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤇 (ḥ, “het”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈈 or maybe 𓉗. Pronunciation as /xə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from German H.

Pronunciation Edit

  • Phoneme
Pronunciation of H

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): /x/, [ɣ], SNPT: /h/, [ɣ]
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): /x/, [ɣ], SNPT: /h/, [ɣ]

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

  • Letter name
Pronunciation of H [hə̀, há] (ə̏, ā)
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [ˈxə̂], [ˈxâː], [ˈxǎː], SNPT: [hə̏], [hā]
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [ˈxə], [ˈxaː], SNPT: [hə̀], [hā],
Audio:(file)

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

Miscellaneous

• Rhymes: -ə, -aː ([ə̀], [á]) (non-tonal)
• Hyphenation: H
• Homophones: h, ha (tonal and non-tonal)


• Alpine Slavic (1000–1200 AD): *hə̀
    • Carinthian dialect plane: *hə̏
    • Veneitian–Karst dialect plane: *hə̏
    • Soča–Idrija dialect plane: *hə̏
    • Upper Carniolan dialect plane: *hə̏
    • Lower Carniolan dialect plane: *hə̏
    • Southern Styrian dialect plane: *hə̏
    • Northern Styrian dialect plane: *hə̏
    • Pannonian dialect plane: *hə̏

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The ninth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The fourteenth letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  3. The tenth letter of the Natisone Valley dialect alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes Edit

In Metelko alphabet, the phoneme was written by two different letters whether it was pronounced as velar /x/ or glottal /h/, a distinction irrelevant to nowadays standard and the distinction was also not used by all writers. Phoneme /h/ was written with 〈H〉, while /x/ was written with a yet to be encoded character  .

Noun Edit

H m inan or f

  1. The name of the Latin script letter H / h.

Inflection Edit

  • Overall more common
First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate), fixed accent, -j- infix
nom. sing. H
gen. sing. H-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		H H-ja H-ji
genitive
rodȋlnik 		H-ja H-jev H-jev
dative
dajȃlnik 		H-ju, H-ji H-jema H-jem
accusative
tožȋlnik 		H H-ja H-je
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		H-ju, H-ji H-jih H-jih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		H-jem H-jema H-ji
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		H H-ja H-ji
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Third masculine declension (no endings), fixed accent
nom. sing. H
gen. sing. H
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		H H H
genitive
rodȋlnik 		H H H
dative
dajȃlnik 		H H H
accusative
tožȋlnik 		H H H
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		H H H
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		H H H
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		H H H
  • Dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century
First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate), -j- infix
nom. sing. H
gen. sing. H-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		H H-ja H-ji
genitive
rodȋlnik 		H-ja H-jov H-jov
dative
dajȃlnik 		H-ju, H-ji H-joma H-jom
accusative
tožȋlnik 		H H-ja H-je
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		H-ju, H-ji H-jih H-jih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		H-jom H-joma H-ji
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		H H-ja H-ji
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Third feminine declension (no endings), fixed accent
nom. sing. H
gen. sing. H
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		H H H
genitive
rodȋlnik 		H H H
dative
dajȃlnik 		H H H
accusative
tožȋlnik 		H H H
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		H H H
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		H H H
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		H H H

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Further reading Edit

  • “H”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Somali Edit

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H upper case (lower case h)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Somali alphabet, called ha and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes Edit

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by W and followed by Y.

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Spanish Edit

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. the eighth letter of the Spanish alphabet

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Tagalog Edit

Etymology Edit

From Spanish H. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English H.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜑ (ha).
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish H.

Pronunciation Edit

  • Hyphenation: H
  • (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA(key): /ˈʔejt͡ʃ/, [ˈʔɛɪ̯t͡ʃ]
  • (letter name, Abakada alphabet): IPA(key): /ha/, [hɐ]
  • (letter name, Abecedario): IPA(key): /ˈʔat͡ʃe/, [ˈʔa.t͡ʃɛ]
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /h/, [h] (silent in Spanish unadapted loanwords)
  • Rhymes: -ejtʃ, -a, -atʃe

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔)

  1. The eighth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called eyts and written in the Latin script.

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Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h, Baybayin spelling ᜑ)

  1. The seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet), called ha and written in the Latin script.

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

  1. (historical) The ninth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called hache and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes Edit

  • Over time, some of the loaned Spanish words still spelled with the silent ⟨h⟩ are spoken with /h/ due to the loss of knowledge of the letter being silent.

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Turkish Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • (letter name) IPA(key): (standard) /ˈheː/, /ˈhaʃ/
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /h/, [ç]

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The tenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called he and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes Edit

  • The pronunciation /ˈhaʃ/ is usually preferred in sciences like geometry or physics to avoid confusion with E.

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Vietnamese Edit

Pronunciation Edit

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H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called hắt, hát, or hờ and written in the Latin script.

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Welsh Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called aitsh and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by Ng and followed by I.

Mutation Edit

  • H cannot be mutated in Welsh.

See also Edit

Further reading Edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “H”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yoruba Edit

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Letter Edit

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The ninth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called hí and written in the Latin script.

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Zulu Edit

Letter Edit

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  1. The eighth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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