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| x Z | German alphabet |
Z (named zed /ˈzɛd/ or zee /ˈziː/) is the twenty-sixth and final letter of the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
In most dialects of English, the letter's name is zed /ˈzɛd/, reflecting its derivation from the Greek zeta, but in American English, its name...
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| x B | German alphabet |
B (named bee /ˈbiː/) is the second letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet. It is used to represent a variety of bilabial sounds (depending on language), most commonly a voiced bilabial plosive.
⟨B⟩ may have started as a pictogram of the floorplan of...
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| x C |
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C (named cee /ˈsiː/) the third letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet. It is used to represent one hundred in Roman numerals.
⟨C⟩ comes from the same letter as ⟨G⟩. The Semites named it gimel. The sign is possibly adapted from an Egyptian hieroglyph...
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| x E |
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E (named e /ˈiː/, plural ees) is a vowel and the fifth letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet. It is the most commonly used letter in the Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Latin, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish languages.
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| x F | German alphabet |
F (named ef /ˈɛf/, as a verb spelled eff) is the sixth letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
The origin of ⟨f⟩ is the Semitic letter vâv (or waw) that represented a sound like /v/ or /w/. Graphically, it originally probably depicted either a hook...
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| x G | German alphabet |
G (named gee /ˈdʒiː/) is the seventh letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
The letter 'G' was introduced in the Old Latin period as a variant of ⟨c⟩ to distinguish voiced, /ɡ/ from voiceless, /k/. The recorded originator of ⟨g⟩ is freedman Spurius...
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| x H | German alphabet |
H (named aitch /ˈeɪtʃ/, plural aitches, or haitch /ˈheɪtʃ/) is the eighth letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
The Semitic letter ⟨ח⟩ (ḥêṯ) most likely represented the voiceless pharyngeal fricative (ħ). The form of the letter probably stood for...
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I (named i /ˈaɪ/, plural ies) is the ninth letter and a vowel in the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
In Semitic, the letter may have originated in a hieroglyph for an arm that represented a voiced pharyngeal fricative (/ʕ/) in Egyptian, but was reassigned...
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J is the tenth letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its normal name in English is jay /ˈdʒeɪ/ or jy /ˈdʒaɪ/; when used for the y sound, it may be called yod (/ˈjɒd/ or /ˈjoʊd/).
The letter j originated as a swash character, used for the letter i...
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| x K | German alphabet |
K (named kay /ˈkeɪ/) is the eleventh letter of the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
In English, the letter K usually represents the voiceless velar plosive; this sound is also transcribed by /k/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet and X-SAMPA.
The...
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L (named el or ell /ˈɛl/) is the twelfth letter of the ISO basic Latin alphabet. It is used to represent 50 in Roman numerals.
Lamedh may have come from a pictogram of an ox goad or cattle prod. Some have suggested a shepherd's staff.
In English, L...
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| x M | German alphabet |
M (named em /ˈɛm/) is the thirteenth letter of the ISO basic Latin alphabet. It is used to represent one thousand in Roman numerals.
The letter M is derived from the Phoenician Mem, via the Greek Mu (Μ, μ). Semitic Mem probably originally pictured...
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| x N |
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N (named en /ˈɛn/) is the fourteenth letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
One of the most common hieroglyphs, snake, was used in Egyptian writing to stand for a sound like the English ⟨J⟩, because the Egyptian word for "snake" was djet. It is...
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| x O |
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O (named o /ˈoʊ/, plural oes) is the fifteenth letter and a vowel in the ISO basic Latin alphabet. The letter was derived from the Semitic `Ayin (eye), which represented a consonant, probably [ʕ], the sound represented by the Arabic letter ع called ...
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P (named pee /ˈpiː/) is the sixteenth letter of the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
In English and most other European languages, P is a voiceless bilabial plosive. Both initial and final Ps can be combined with many other discrete consonants in English...
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Q (named cue /ˈkjuː/) is the seventeenth letter of the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
The Semitic sound value of Qôp (perhaps originally qaw, "cord of wool", and possibly based on an Egyptian hieroglyph) was /q/ (voiceless uvular stop), a sound common to...
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R (named ar /ˈɑr/) is the eighteenth letter of the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
The original Semitic letter may have been inspired by an Egyptian hieroglyph for tp, "head". It was used for /r/ by Semites because in their language, the word for "head"...
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| x S | German alphabet |
S (named ess /ˈɛs/, spelled es- in compound words; plural esses) is the nineteenth (19th) letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
Semitic Šîn ("teeth") represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative /ʃ/ (as in ship). Greek did not have this sound,...
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| x T | German alphabet |
T (named tee /ˈtiː/) is the 20th letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet. It is the most commonly used consonant and the second most common letter in the English language.
Taw was the last letter of the Western Semitic and Hebrew alphabets. The sound...
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| x U |
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U (named u /ˈjuː/, plural ues) is the twenty-first letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet and a vowel in the English alphabet. It is the chemical symbol for uranium.
The letter U ultimately comes from the Semitic letter Waw by way of the letter Y....
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| x V | German alphabet |
V (named vee /ˈviː/) is the twenty-second letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
The letter V comes from the Semitic letter Waw, as do the modern letters F, U, W, and Y. See F for details.
In Greek, the letter upsilon ⟨Υ⟩ was adapted from waw to...
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| x W |
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W (named double-u, plural double-ues) is the 23rd letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
In other Germanic languages, including German, its name is similar or identical to that of English V. In Spanish, it is doble ve or uve doble, in French double...
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| x X |
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X (named ex /ˈɛks/, plural exes) is the twenty-fourth letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
In mathematics, x is commonly used as the name for an independent variable or unknown value. The usage of x to represent an independent or unknown variable...
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| x Y | German alphabet |
Y (named wye or wy /ˈwaɪ/, plural wyes) is the twenty-fifth letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet and represents either a vowel or a consonant in English.
In Latin, Y was named Y Graeca "Greek Y". This was pronounced as I Graeca "Greek I", since...
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| x A | German alphabet |
A (named a /ˈeɪ/, plural aes) is the first letter and a vowel in the ISO basic Latin alphabet. It is similar to the Ancient Greek letter Alpha, from which it derives.
The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also called 'aleph), the first...
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Eth (Ð, ð; also spelled edh or eð) is a letter used in Old English, Icelandic, Faroese (in which it is called edd), and Elfdalian. It was also used in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages, but was subsequently replaced with dh and later d, except for...
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| x Omega |
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Omega (majuscule: Ω, minuscule: ω; Greek Ωμέγα) is the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet. In the Greek numeric system, it has a value of 800. The word literally means "great O" (ō mega, mega meaning 'great'), as opposed to omicron, which...
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| x Alpha |
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Alpha (uppercase Α, lowercase α; Greek: Άλφα Álpha) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 1. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Aleph . Letters that arose from Alpha include the Latin A...
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| x Beta |
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Beta (pronounced UK: /ˈbiːtə/, US: /ˈbeɪtə/) (uppercase Β, lowercase β; Greek: Βήτα Bḗta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In Ancient Greek, beta represented the voiced bilabial plosive /b/. In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced...
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| x Gamma |
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Greek alphabet |
Gamma (uppercase Γ, lowercase γ; Greek: Γάμμα Gámma) is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Gimel . Letters that arose from Gamma include the Roman C...
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| x Delta |
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Greek alphabet |
Delta (uppercase Δ, lowercase δ; Δέλτα Délta; Modern Greek [ˈðelta]) is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 4. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Dalet . Letters that come from delta...
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| x Epsilon |
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Greek alphabet |
Epsilon (uppercase Ε, lowercase ε or lunate ϵ; Greek: έψιλον) is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding phonetically to a close-mid front unrounded vowel /e/. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 5. It was derived from...
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| x Zeta |
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Zeta (uppercase Ζ, lowercase ζ; Greek: ζήτα, classical [ˈdzɛːta] or [ˈzdɛːta] zḗta, Modern Greek: [ˈzita] zíta) is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 7. It was derived from the Phoenician...
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| x Eta |
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Eta (uppercase Η, lowercase η) Greek: ἦτα) is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet. Originally denoting a consonant /h/, its sound value in the classical Attic dialect of Ancient Greek was a long vowel [ɛː], raised to [i] in medieval Greek, a...
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| x Theta |
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Theta (uppercase Θ, lowercase θ or ϑ; Ancient Greek θῆτα [tʰɛ̂ːta]; Modern Greek θήτα [ˈθita]; UK: /ˈθiːtə/, US: /ˈθeɪtə/) is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth . In the system of Greek numerals it has a...
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| x Iota | Greek alphabet |
Iota (uppercase Ι, lowercase ι; Greek: Ιώτα [iɔ̌ːta]) is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 10. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Yodh (). Letters that arose from this letter include the...
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| x Kappa |
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Greek alphabet |
Kappa (uppercase Κ, lowercase κ or ϰ; Greek: κάππα) is the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet, used to represent the /k/ sound in Ancient and Modern Greek. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 20. It was derived from the Phoenician...
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| x Mu |
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Greek alphabet |
Mu (uppercase Μ, lowercase μ; Ancient Greek μῦ [mŷː]), Modern Greek μι or μυ [mi]) is the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 40. Mu was derived from the Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for water (𓈖)...
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| x Nu |
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Greek alphabet |
Nu /njuː/ (uppercase Ν lowercase ν, also transcribed Ny; modern Greek: Νι [ni] Ni), is the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 50. It is derived from the Phoenician letter nun . Its Latin equivalent...
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| x Omicron |
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Greek alphabet |
Omicron (uppercase Ο, lowercase ο, literally "small o": Όμικρον, o mikron, micron meaning 'small' in contrast to omega) is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 70. It is rarely used in mathematics...
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| x Pi |
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Greek alphabet |
Pi ( /paɪ/; Greek: [pi], uppercase Π, lowercase π) is the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing [p]. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 80. It was derived from the Phoenician letter pe . Letters that arose from pi...
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| x Rho |
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Greek alphabet |
Rho (uppercase Ρ, lowercase ρ or ϱ; pronounced /roʊ/) is the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 100. It is derived from Phoenician letter res . Its uppercase form is not to be confused with the...
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| x Sigma |
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Greek alphabet |
Sigma (upper case Σ, lower case σ, lower case in word-final position ς; Greek σίγμα) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, and carries the 'S' sound. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 200. When used at the end of a word,...
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| x Tau |
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Greek alphabet |
Tau (uppercase Τ, lowercase τ; Greek: ταυ [taf]) is the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 300.
The name in English is pronounced /taʊ/, but in modern Greek it is [taf]. This is because the...
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| x Upsilon |
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Greek alphabet |
Upsilon (uppercase Υ, lowercase υ; Greek: Ύψιλον, Úpsilon) is the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 400. It is derived from the Phoenician waw . The name of the letter is pronounced [ˈipsilon] in...
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| x Phi |
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Greek alphabet |
Phi (uppercase Φ, lowercase φ, or math symbol ϕ), pronounced /faɪ/ FY or sometimes /fiː/ FEE in English, and [ˈfi] in modern Greek, is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet. In modern Greek, it represents [f], a voiceless labiodental fricative. In...
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| x Chi |
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Greek alphabet |
Chi (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ; Greek: χῖ) is the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, pronounced as /kaɪ/ in English.
Its value in Ancient Greek was an aspirated velar stop /kʰ/ (in the Western Greek alphabet: /ks/).
In Koine Greek and later dialects...
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| x Psi | Greek alphabet |
Psi (uppercase Ψ, lowercase ψ; in English pronounced /ˈpsaɪ/ or /ˈsaɪ/, after Greek ψῖ /ˈpsiː/) is the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 700. In both Classical and Modern Greek, the letter indicates the combination /ps/ ...
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| x Lambda |
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Greek alphabet |
Lambda (uppercase Λ, lowercase λ; Greek: Λάμβδα or Λάμδα, lamda or lamtha) is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals lambda has a value of 30. Lambda is related to the Phoenician letter Lamed . Letters in other...
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| x Xi |
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Greek alphabet |
Xi (uppercase Ξ, lowercase ξ) is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet. It is pronounced [ksi] in Modern Greek, and generally /zaɪ/ or /saɪ/ in English. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 60. Xi was derived from the Phoenician letter...
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| x Ñ |
Ñ (lower case ñ, International Phonetic Alphabet:/ˈeɲe/ "énye") is a letter of the modern Latin alphabet, formed by an N with a diacritical tilde. It is used in the Spanish alphabet, Galician alphabet, Asturian alphabet, Basque alphabet, Aragonese...
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| x Ü |
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Ü, or ü, is a character which typically represents a close front rounded vowel ([y]). It is classified as a separate letter in several extended Latin alphabets, or alternatively as the letter U with an umlaut/diaeresis in others.
The letter Ü is...
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| x Ä |
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"Ä" and "ä" are both characters that represent either a letter from several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter A with an umlaut mark or diaeresis.
The letter Ä occurs in the Swedish, Finnish, Skolt Sami, Karelian, Estonian, Luxembourgish, North...
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| x Ö |
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German alphabet |
"Ö", or "ö", is a character used in several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter O with umlaut to denote the front vowels [ø] or [œ]. In languages without umlaut, the character is also used as a "O with diaeresis" to denote a syllable break,...
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| x Ss |
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German alphabet |
In the German alphabet, ß (Unicode U+00DF) is a consonant letter that evolved as a ligature of "long s and z" (ſz) and "long s over round s" (ſs). Like double "s", when speaking it is pronounced [s] (see IPA). In standard spelling, it is only used...
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| x Aleph |
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ʾĀlep is the reconstructed name of the first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, continued in descended Semitic alphabets as Phoenician Aleph , Syriac 'Ālaph ܐ, Hebrew Aleph א, and Arabic ʾAlif ا.
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek...
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| x Bet |
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Bet, Beth, Beh, or Vet is the second letter of many Semitic abjads, including Arabic alphabet bāʾ ب, Aramaic, Hebrew ב, Phoenician and Syriac ܒ. Its value is [b].
This letter's name means "house" in various Semitic languages (Arabic bayt, Akkadian...
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| x Gimel |
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Hebrew alphabet |
Gimel is the third letter of many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew ג, Syriac ܓ and Arabic ǧīm ج (in alphabetical order; 5th in spelling order). Its sound value in the original Phoenician and in all derived alphabets, save...
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| x Dalet |
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Hebrew alphabet |
Dalet (dāleth, also spelled Daleth or Daled) is the fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew ד, Syriac ܕ and Arabic dāl د (in abjadi order; 8th in modern order). Its sound value is a voiced alveolar plosive ([d]...
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| x He |
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Hebrew alphabet |
He is the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician , Aramaic, Hebrew ה, Syriac ܗ and Arabic hāʾ ه. Its sound value is a voiceless glottal fricative ([h]).
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Epsilon, Etruscan 𐌄, Latin E...
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