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Translingual edit
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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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ь (upper case Ь)
- (obsolete) A letter of the Unified Northern Alphabet, Yañalif and similar orthographies, used during the short-lived Soviet Latinization campaign of the 1930s.
Languages with this letter were Altai (Oyrot), Bashkir, Cherkes, Chukchi, Crimean Tatar, Dungan, Kabardin, Kazakh, Kalmuk, Karakalpak, Karachay, Ket, Khakass, Khanty, Koryak, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Mansi, Nogai, Oyrot, Permiak, Selkup, Tabasaran, Tatar and Turkmen.
Usage notes edit
Where Ь ь were used in Latin script, small-capital ʙ was used as the lower-case form of B.
In most languages, it was pronounced /ɨ/ or /ɯ/, corresponding to Anatolian Turkish ⟨ı⟩. The exception was Kalmuk, where it had its Cyrillic sound value of palatalization.
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Handwritten.
Abaza edit
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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
Abkhaz edit
Pronunciation edit
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- A letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.. Palatalizes a preceding consonant letter.
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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
Adyghe edit
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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
Aghul edit
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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
Alutor edit
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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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Avar edit
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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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Bashkir edit
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-eighth letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Belarusian edit
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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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Bulgarian edit
Pronunciation edit
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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 notes edit
- 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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Buryat edit
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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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Chechen edit
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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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Chukchi edit
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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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Chuvash edit
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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 Tatar edit
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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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Dargwa edit
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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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Dungan edit
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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 Mari edit
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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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Even edit
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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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Evenki edit
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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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Ingush edit
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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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Itelmen edit
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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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Kabardian edit
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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
Kalmyk edit
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-sixth letter of the Kalmyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Kazakh edit
Alternative scripts | |
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Arabic | n/a |
Cyrillic | ь |
Latin | n/a |
Yañalif | ь |
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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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Khakas edit
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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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Kumyk edit
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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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Kyrgyz edit
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ь • () (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-third letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called ичкертүү белгиси (ickertüü belgisi), and written in the Cyrillic script.
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Lezgi edit
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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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Mongolian edit
Pronunciation edit
- 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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Nivkh edit
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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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Northern Mansi edit
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ь (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-eighth letter of the Northern Mansi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Ossetian edit
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ь • (ʹ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The fortieth letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
Usage notes edit
Only used in Russian borrowings.
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Romanian edit
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ь (i) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Moldovan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Russian edit
Pronunciation edit
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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 notes edit
- 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 Altai edit
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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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Tabasaran edit
Letter edit
ь • (ʼ) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The forty-third letter of the Tabasaran alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Tatar edit
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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 Nenets edit
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ь • (ʹ°) (lower case, upper case Ь)
- The thirty-first letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Tuvan edit
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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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Udmurt edit
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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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Ukrainian edit
Pronunciation edit
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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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Uzbek edit
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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 Mari edit
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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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Yakut edit
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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.