diacritical hook
diacritical hook noun: an ogonek (˛).
Noun
diacritical hook (plural diacritical hooks)
- An ogonek (˛).
- The following misprints have been noticed: … lāru for lārum … and in hęre for as in hęre … miere for mīere … feorōe for feorðe … onliehtan for onlīehtan … the omission of the diacritical hook under the e or o in: dęhter … āsęcgan … cwęllan … swęre, swęriað … sęnde, sęnd … nęmde, nęmnode …gesęnded …...1898, Modern Language Notes, XIII, page 50
- A retroflex hook (̢).
- Such [r-coloring] may also be represented by adding a diacritical hook to a vowel letter [ᶒ, ɚ, ᶗ], or by making use of Kenyon’s “hooked schwa” [˞].1958, Robert W. Albright, The International Phonetic Alphabet: Its Backgrounds and Development, page 61
- A cedilla (¸).
- In the new Turkish alphabet each sound is represented by a single letter, sometimes with diacritical hooks.1981, Gyula Wojtilla, editor, Writings of Hungarian Islamologist Gyula Germanus, page 157
- other similar diacritics
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:diacritical hook.
Forms of diacritical hook
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Questions about diacritical hook
- What does diacritical hook mean?
- Diacritical hook means an ogonek (˛).
- What part of speech is diacritical hook?
- Diacritical hook is a noun.
- What is the plural of diacritical hook?
- The plural of diacritical hook is diacritical hooks.
Words near diacritical hook in the dictionary
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