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Rho(x)
Rho (; uppercase Ρ, lowercase ρ or ; or ) is the seventeenth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 100. It is derived from Phoenician letter resh . Its uppercase form uses the same glyph, Ρ, as the distinct Latin letter P; the two letters have different Unicode encodings. Uses Greek Rho is classed as a liquid consonant (together with Lambda and sometimes the nasals Mu and Nu), which has important implications for morphology. In both Ancient and Modern Greek, it represents an alveolar trill , alveolar tap , or alveolar approximant . In polytonic orthography, a rho at the beginning of a word is almost always written ⟨⟩ (''rh'') with a rough breathing mark, indicating that it is voiceless. Very rarely, it is written ⟨⟩ (''r'') with a smooth breathing mark, indicating that it is voiced, instead. Rho is not written with breathing marks at any other place in a word, where it is always voiced, with the exception of double rho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Er (Cyrillic)
Er (Р р; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the alveolar trill , like the "rolled" sound in the Scottish pronunciation of in "curd". History The Cyrillic letter Er was derived from the Greek letter Rho (Ρ ρ). It has no connection to the Latin letter P (P p), which evolved from the Greek letter Pi (Π π), despite both having the same form. The name of Er in the Early Cyrillic alphabet The Early Cyrillic alphabet, also called classical Cyrillic or paleo-Cyrillic, is an alphabetic writing system that was developed in Medieval Bulgaria in the Preslav Literary School during the late 9th century. It is used to write the Chur ... was (''rĭci''), meaning "speak". In the Cyrillic numeral system, er had a value of 100. Form The Cyrillic letter Er (Р р) looks similar to the Greek letter Rho (Ρ ρ), and the same as the Latin letter P (P p; П in Cyrillic). Usage As used in the alphabets of various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
