ѳ
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Letter
ѳ • (θ) (lower case, upper case Ѳ)
- A letter of the Old Novgorodian alphabet, written in the Old Cyrillic script.
- c. 1180‒1200, Берестяная грамота № 460, Novgorod:
- а б в г д е ж ꙅ ꙁ и ї к л м н о п р с т уо ѳ х ѡ ц ч ш щ ъ ѣ ѫ ю у ѧ
- a b v g d e ž dz z i i k l m n o p r s t u θ x o ć ć š ść ŭ jě ǫ ju u ję
- c. 1340‒1360, Берестяная грамота № Ст. Р. 25, Staraya Russa:
- а б в г … н о - - - т у ѳ х [ѿ] … [ъ] - [ь] ѣ ѫ - …
- a b v g … n o - - - t u θ x [otŭ] … [ŭ] - [ĭ] jě ǫ - …
Letter
ѳ • (f) (lower case, upper case Ѳ)
- (obsolete) The letter fita (Russian фита́ (fitá)) or ѳита́ (fitá)). A consonantal letter intended to represent the Greek phoneme /θ/, which was approximated in Russian by /f/. Replaced by the letter ф (f) in the spelling reform of 1917.
Usage notes
- This letter was used in words of Greek origin in cases where Russian /f/ derived from Greek θ (th) rather than φ (ph). For example, орѳогра́фія (orfográfija, “orthography”), Ѳивы (Fivy, “Thebes”), etc.
- In some words the pronunciation had changed to /t/ under French and German influence. These were accordingly replaced with т (t) instead of ф (f).
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