"Ϝ" meaning in All languages combined

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Character [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /w/ Forms: W [romanization]
Etymology: From Phoenician 𐤅 (w). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|phn|𐤅}} Phoenician 𐤅 (w) Head templates: {{head|grc|letter}} Ϝ • (W)
  1. (historical) The letter ϝαῦ (waû) (later called δίγαμμα (dígamma)), representing the sound /w/ which was lost by most dialects early on in the literary history of Ancient Greek. It remained in use in archaic dialects, such as Arcadocypriot Greek, and as the number 6. Wikipedia link: Digamma Tags: historical, letter
    Sense id: en-Ϝ-grc-character-XIPm0I4j Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header

Character [Greek]

Forms: ϝ [lowercase]
Head templates: {{head|el|letter|uppercase||lowercase|ϝ}} Ϝ • (transliteration needed) (uppercase, lowercase ϝ)
  1. The letter δίγαμμα (dígamma). Tags: archaic, letter, obsolete, uppercase
    Sense id: en-Ϝ-el-character-sHb3SCj~ Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for Ϝ meaning in All languages combined (2.1kB)

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