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In the Polish language, ż is the final, 32nd letter of the alphabet. It typically represents the voiced retroflex fricative ( [ʐ] ), somewhat similar to the pronunciation of g in "mira g e"; however, in a word-final position or when followed by a voiceless obstruent, it is devoiced to the voiceless retroflex fricative ( [ʂ] ).
ż may be called żet z kropką or zet z kropką ('z with an overdot') to distinguish it from rz (er zet). u may be called u otwarte ('open u', a reference to its graphical form) or u zwykłe ('normal u') to distinguish it from ó , which is sometimes called u zamknięte ('closed u') or ó kreskowane , o kreskowane , o z kreską ('dashed ó ...
The symbol originates with the Czech alphabet. In Czech printed books it first appeared in the late 15th century. [1] It evolved from the letter Ż, introduced by the author of the early 15th-century De orthographia Bohemica (probably Jan Hus) to indicate a Slavic fricative not represented in Latin alphabet.
In Polish, the character Ƶ is used as an allographic variant of the letter Ż (called "Z with overdot") although once used in Old Polish. In Greek, the character Ƶ is a handwritten form of the letter Xi ξ , where the horizontal stroke distinguishes it from Zeta ζ .
/ʐ/ can be spelt either ż or rz ; the spelling rz indicates that the sound developed from /r̝/ (cf. Czech ř ). ż is used: when cognate words or other morphological forms have the letter/digraph g , dz , h , z , ź , s , e.g.: może – mogę mosiężny – mosiądz drużyna – druh
In Polish, the letter represents the voiced alveolo-palatal fricative ([ʑ]) sound. It is 31st letter of the Polish alphabet.Its names in the language are: ziet and z z kreską.
Poles began writing in the 12th century using the Latin alphabet. [1] This alphabet, however, was ill-equipped to deal with Polish phonology, particularly the palatal consonants (now written as ś, ź, ć, dź), the retroflex group (now sz, ż, and cz) as well as the nasal vowels (now written as ą, ę).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 January 2025. Last letter of the Latin alphabet This article is about the letter of the Latin alphabet. For the Greek letter with the same symbol, see Zeta. For other uses, see Z (disambiguation). Z Z z Usage Writing system Latin script Type Alphabetic and logographic Language of origin Latin language ...