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𐤄

𐤄

Translingual

Letter

𐤄 (h)

  1. The fifth letter of the Phoenician abjad, called he.

Phoenician

Pronoun

𐤄 (h)

  1. that

Letter

𐤄 (h)

  1. The fifth letter of the Phoenician alphabet, representing the consonant /h/ and word-final vowels.

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Ε (E), ε (e)
    • Cyrillic: Е, е
    • Latin: E, e
  • Aramaic: 𐡄
    • Syriac: ܗ
      • Arabic: ه (h)
    • Hebrew: ה
    • Pahlavi:
      • Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭤
      • Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭄

Punic

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤄.

Pronunciation

(prevocalic)

(preconsonantal, with gemination )

Article

𐤄 (h)

  1. the

Usage notes

The article is added to the noun. If the noun with the article begins with a

  • consonant (except ʾ, ʿ or ḥ) the consonant is geminated once to the article and the long form is used
  • vowel or ʾ, ʿ, ḥ, the short form is used