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soft signs

soft signs is the plural of soft sign.

Meaning of soft sign

Noun

soft sign (plural soft signs)

  1. The Cyrillic letter Ь/ь (transliterated in English with an apostrophe (’) or prime (′)), which in modern languages using the Cyrillic alphabet serves to denote a soft (palatized) consonant.
    Synonyms:
    front jer, front yer
    Antonyms:
    hard sign

Questions about soft signs

What is soft signs the plural of?
Soft signs is the plural of soft sign.

Words near soft signs in the dictionary

  1. soft shoulder
  2. soft shoulders
  3. soft sign
  4. soft signal
  5. soft signals
  6. soft signs
  7. soft skill
  8. soft skills
  9. soft snap
  10. soft snaps
  11. soft soap

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