ȉ

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ȉ U+0209, ȉ
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DOUBLE GRAVE
Composition:i [U+0069] + ◌̏ [U+030F]
Ȉ
Latin Extended-B Ȋ

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Letter

ȉ (Cyrillic spelling и̏)

  1. (lexicography) A short i vowel with falling tone

Slovene

Etymology

Letter i with double grave (◌̏) to signify high-pitched short vowel.

Pronunciation

Symbol

ȉ

  1. (tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound .

Usage notes

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

See also

References

  • Toporišič, Jože (2000) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja, →ISBN