Etymology 1
From Gaj's Latin alphabet đ, from Czech alphabet d, from Latin d, which is a modification of capital letter D, from Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, “Delta”). Pronunciation as IPA(key): /d͡ʑə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably by analogy from German d.
Pronunciation
- (phoneme, standard): IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/, [t͡ʃ]
- (phoneme, dialectal, educated): IPA(key): /d͡ʑ/, [t͡ɕ]
- (letter name, standard): IPA(key): /mɛ̀ːxki d͡ʒə́/, /mɛ̀ːxki d͡ʒèː/, /mɛ̀ːxki d͡ʒéː/ (mehki dž)
- (letter name, educated): IPA(key): /d͡ʑə́/, /d͡ʑéː/, /d͡ʑèː/
- Rhymes: -ə, -eː
Letter
đ (lower case, upper case Đ)
- Additional letter used primarily in loanwords from Serbo-Croatian.
Noun
đ m inan
- The name of the Latin script letter Đ / đ.
Inflection
More information Masculine inan., soft o-stem, nom. sing. ...
Masculine inan., soft o-stem |
nom. sing. |
đ |
gen. sing. |
đ-ja |
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singular |
dual |
plural |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
đ |
đ-ja |
đ-ji |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
đ-ja |
đ-jev |
đ-jev |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
đ-ju |
đ-jema |
đ-jem |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
đ |
đ-ja |
đ-je |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
đ-ju |
đ-jih |
đ-jih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
đ-jem |
đ-jema |
đ-ji |
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- More common when with a definite adjective
More information Masculine inan., no endings, nom. sing. ...
Masculine inan., no endings |
nom. sing. |
đ |
gen. sing. |
đ |
|
singular |
dual |
plural |
nominative |
đ |
đ |
đ |
accusative |
đ |
đ |
đ |
genitive |
đ |
đ |
đ |
dative |
đ |
đ |
đ |
locative |
đ |
đ |
đ |
instrumental |
đ |
đ |
đ |
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Etymology 2
Letter d with a stroke to signify partial spirantization, which is sometimes also used in other phonetic transcriptions.
Pronunciation
- (sound, unofficial): IPA(key): [d̞]
Symbol
đ
- (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [d̞].
Usage notes
Although by the description, the corresponding IPA representation should be approximately [d̞], no equivalent IPA representation is given in the source.
References
- Kenda-Jež, Karmen (2017 February 27) Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription] (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, archived from the original on January 22, 2022, pages 27–30