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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 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.
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
Ewelina, Mateusz J, Misza, Ola Ż (and once again Marta), were granted immunity from elimination at panel. In episode 11, the contestants had a casting challenge with Anja Rubik. Immediately after the challenge was over, Anja revealed that she had deemed Ola Ż to have been the worst.
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