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Digraph of the Latin alphabet
The digraph sh in the Latin alphabet is written as a combination of S and H. In Albanian, sh represents [ʃ]. It is considered a distinct letter, named
Sh_(digraph)
in Adzera for the prenasalized glottal stop /ⁿʔ/. ⟨ſh⟩, capital ⟨SH⟩ or sometimes ⟨ŞH⟩, was a digraph used in the Slovene Bohorič alphabet for /ʃ/. The
List_of_Latin-script_digraphs
Latin-script digraph
several other digraphs for palatals or postalveolars: lh (digraph), nh (digraph), sh (digraph). In Balto-Slavic languages that use the Latin alphabet instead
Ch_(digraph)
Digraph of the Latin script
English speakers with the "sh" (IPA: /ʃ/) sound (and conversely, Polish speakers typically approximate the English digraph sh with the "sz" sound), although
Sz_(digraph)
Pair of characters used to write one phoneme
digraphs are rare in abjads like Arabic. For example, if sh were used for š, then the sequence sh could mean either ša or saha. However, digraphs are
Digraph_(orthography)
Topics referred to by the same term
airline sh (digraph), a letter combination used in some languages Voiceless postalveolar fricative [ʃ], the sound usually spelt sh in English sh (letter)
SH
Nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
Younger Futhark. The ⟨sh⟩ digraph for English /ʃ/ arose in Middle English (alongside ⟨sch⟩), replacing the Old English ⟨sc⟩ digraph. Similarly, Old High
S
both Eastern and Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the digraph Sh. It was part of the alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century
Sha_(Armenian)
Latin letter S with diaeresis
represents /ʃ/. It is also used in the digraph s̈h in the Shipibo and Chamicuro Languages; s̈h represents /ʂ/, and sh (without the diaeresis) represents /ʃ/
S̈
Eighth letter of the Latin alphabet
it as an allophone of /ʁ/. 'H' is also used in many spelling systems in digraphs and trigraphs, such as 'ch', which represents /tʃ/ in Spanish, Galician
H
Braille systems used in Zambia
alphabets, including digraphs that occur in any one of them, can thus be summarized as: Bemba has the basic alphabet plus ng’, sh, and in some orthographies
Zambian_Braille
the digraph ⟨ts⟩), and the digraph ⟨dz⟩ are only used in certain dialects. ↑ Bambara also has the digraphs: ⟨kh⟩ (only present in loanwords), ⟨sh⟩ (also
List of Latin-script alphabets
List_of_Latin-script_alphabets
28th letter of the three Georgian scripts
like the pronunciation of ⟨sh⟩ in "shoe". It is typically romanized with the digraph Sh or with the letter Š. Latin digraph Sh Latin letter Š Cyrillic letter
Shini
26-letter Latin-script alphabet
syllabic consonants. Written English has a large number of digraphs, such as ⟨ch⟩, ⟨ea⟩, ⟨oo⟩, ⟨sh⟩, and ⟨th⟩. Diacritics are generally not used to write
English_alphabet
Television series
words) Champ (digraphs CH and SH) Song (digraph NG) Thing (digraph TH) Train (digraph AI) Beep (digraph EE) Tightrope (trigraph IGH) Toad (digraph OA) Book
Alphablocks
Character and IPA symbol (Ʃ, ʃ)
⟨Sz⟩ (a Polish digraph) ⟨Sh⟩ (an English and Albanian digraph) Latin-script S-based digraphs (including the Italian ⟨sc⟩, English ⟨sh⟩, and Norwegian
Esh_(letter)
Glyph combining two or more letterforms
points for the digraph DZ, the Dutch digraph IJ, and for the Serbo-Croatian digraphs DŽ, LJ, and NJ. Although similar, these are digraphs, not ligatures
Ligature_(writing)
Cyrillic letter
used in Esperanto language Tx : Digraph Tx, used in Basque and Catalan. Ch : Digraph Ch Cs : Digraph Cs Cz : Digraph Cz Ҷ ҷ : Cyrillic letter Che with
Che_(Cyrillic)
Letters and digraphs in Filipino and other Philippine languages
basic Latin alphabet, the Spanish letter Ñ, and the nativized digraph NG. The digraph was retained from the 31-letter "enriched" Filipino alphabet (Filipino:
Filipino_alphabet
Transliteration of text from the Macedonian Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet
for џ, and sometimes ts for ц. Such a diacritic-free system, with digraphs ch, sh, zh, dz, dj, gj, kj, lj, nj has been adopted since 2008 for use in
Romanization_of_Macedonian
Diacritical mark (◌̌)
often prefer using it to express sounds for which English require a digraph (sh, ch, and zh) because most Slavic languages use only one character to
Caron
Latin-script alphabet used to write the Yorùbá language
Q, V, X, Z, and with the additions of Ɛ, Ɔ, Gb, Sh, and Kp. The nasal vowels are written with digraphs: ⟨in⟩, ⟨ẹn⟩, ⟨an⟩, ⟨ọn⟩, ⟨un⟩, unless they come
Yoruba_alphabet
Form of Latin script used to write Serbo-Croatian
use a digraph- and trigraph-based system for ease as there is no Macedonian Latin keyboard supported on most systems. For example, š becomes sh or s,
Gaj's_Latin_alphabet
Scripts used to write the Uzbek language
the letters "s" and "h" should be pronounced separately, not as the digraph "sh" in Latin. For example, in the name Isʼhoq (Исҳоқ) "s" and "h" are pronounced
Uzbek_alphabet
Latin letter S with caron
grapheme Š, š (S with caron) is used in various contexts representing the sh sound like in the word show, usually denoting the voiceless postalveolar fricative
Š
Aid for teaching English reading
joined letters (typographical ligatures) to replace the two-letter digraphs ⟨wh, sh, ch⟩ of conventional writing, and also ligatures for most of the long
Initial_Teaching_Alphabet
Smallest functional written unit
represented by a multigraph (sequence of more than one grapheme), as the digraph sh represents a single sound in English (and sometimes a single grapheme
Grapheme
Character encoding of Latin script
emphasized words like "blíj́f") digraphs IJ, ij or ÿ; blíjf Estonian, Finnish Š, š, Ž, ž (only present in loanwords) Sh, sh, Zh, zh ISO-8859-15, Windows-1252
ISO/IEC_8859-1
Group of three letters that represent a single sound
and เ◌ือะ /ɯaʔ/. Digraph Tetragraph Pentagraph Hexagraph Multigraph List of Cyrillic digraphs and trigraphs List of Latin digraphs List of Latin letters
Trigraph_(orthography)
Script used to write the Greek language
pronunciation, is usually regular and predictable. The following vowel letters and digraphs are involved in the mergers: Modern Greek speakers typically use the same
Greek_alphabet
Village in Derbyshire, England
the town of Swadlincote. The name is pronounced "Harts-horn"; the sh is not a digraph, as this is a compound. The name of the village is first attested
Hartshorne,_Derbyshire
Transliteration of Bulgarian text
orthographies of other Slavic languages, and digraph combinations, as used in English: ж→ž/zh, ч→č/ch, ш→š/sh, щ→št/ŝ/sht. Also, Cyrillic x may be rendered
Romanization_of_Bulgarian
Cyrillic letter
similar to the pronunciation of ⟨sh⟩ in "sheep", in Ukrainian and Rusyn, ⟨щ⟩ represents the consonant cluster /ʃt͡ʃ/ (a hard ⟨sh⟩ followed by ⟨ch⟩, as in "borscht")
Shcha
Writing system
consonants sheyer - a letter for /ʃ/, to replace the digraph (sh) ngar - a letter for /ŋ/ to replace the digraph (ng) laissi - a character to denote Vowel length
Sunuwar_alphabet
Alphabet used for the South American language
the ⟨ch⟩ digraph is not the Spanish affricate sound [tʃ] (English ⟨ch⟩ as in teach), but an alveolo-palatal fricative [ɕ] (similar English ⟨sh⟩ as in ship
Guarani_alphabet
Modern use of runic alphabets
to have used it, preferring the digraph cw instead. used in the Farrer letter, while the published inscriptions rendered sh simply as the digraph ᛋᚻ.
Modern_runic_writing
Alphabet and spelling
quotidiano / cotidiano). The digraph ⟨ch⟩ is pronounced as an English ⟨sh⟩ by the overwhelming majority of speakers. The digraphs ⟨lh⟩ and ⟨nh⟩, of Occitan
Portuguese_orthography
Writing systems of languages designed for international communication
Although most IALs eschew digraphs, there are some IALs that use digraphs: Interlingua: ch, qu, ph, sh Ido: ch, qu, sh Novial: ch, sh Esperanto H-system: ch
International auxiliary language orthography
International_auxiliary_language_orthography
Kipchak Turkic language
сөз, жунь (wool) instead of жүн, etc.). To denote the sound /ŋ/, the нг digraph was used. These shortcomings forced the Karakalpak Institute of Economics
Karakalpak_language
Official Somali writing system
other special characters, although it includes three consonant digraphs: dh, kh and sh. Tone is not marked and a word-initial glottal stop is also not
Somali_Latin_alphabet
digraph dj is used. ⟨dtc⟩ is used for the voiced palatal click /ᶢǂ/ in Naro. ⟨dzh⟩ is used for /dʒ/ in English transcriptions of the Russian digraph ⟨дж⟩
List of Latin-script trigraphs
List_of_Latin-script_trigraphs
Modifier mark added to a letter
diacritic ⟨ç⟩ combined with h to give the digraph ⟨çh⟩ (pronounced /tʃ/) to mark the distinction between it and the digraph ⟨ch⟩ (pronounced /h/ or /x/). Other
Diacritic
Speech sound articulated by closing the vocal tract fully or partially
consonant sounds, so digraphs like ⟨ch⟩, ⟨sh⟩, ⟨th⟩, and ⟨ng⟩ are used to extend the alphabet, though some letters and digraphs represent more than one
Consonant
consists of 25 letters (including 3 digraphs) in the following order: a b d e f g h i j k l m n o p r ſ ſh s sh t u v z zh The Bohorič alphabet differs
Bohorič_alphabet
Spelling conventions of the Finnish language
separately (after ⟨z⟩). The Germanic umlaut or convention of considering digraph ⟨ae⟩ equivalent to ⟨ä⟩, and ⟨oe⟩ equivalent to ⟨ö⟩ is inapplicable in Finnish
Finnish_orthography
ASCII substitutions for diacritic characters
and digraphs with h for the circumflex letters. For example, ŝ is replaced by sh, as in shanco for ŝanco (chance). Where proper orthography has sh, the
Substitutions of the Esperanto alphabet
Substitutions_of_the_Esperanto_alphabet
Group of consonants without a vowel in between
single sound. For example, in the word ship, the two letters of the digraph ⟨sh⟩ together represent the single consonant [ʃ]. Conversely, the letter
Consonant_cluster
Latin letter S with circumflex
Latin-based Slavic alphabets (Polish is the most notable exception). Letters and digraphs that are similar to ŝ (also based on s) and which represent the same sound
Ŝ
1920s–30s Soviet Latin alphabet for Turkic languages
(schwa) also looks like Russian/Cyrillic Э in some fonts. There is also a digraph in Yañalif (Ьj ьj). The earliest written text in a Kipchak language, specifically
Yañalif
Central Algonquian language
phonemic, with each letter or digraph representing a contrastive sound. The letters used are a b ch d e é g ' h i j k m n o p s sh t w y z zh. In Kansas, a
Potawatomi_language
German form of the Latin alphabet
older indices) sch (equal to English sh) and likewise st and ch are treated as single letters, but the vocalic digraphs ai, ei (historically ay, ey), au,
German_alphabet
Spelling and punctuation of the French language
Greek origin is complicated by a number of digraphs which originated in the Latin transcriptions. The digraphs ⟨ph, th, ch⟩ normally represent /f, t, k/
French_orthography
Letter that is not pronounced
constitute digraphs; i.e., two letters combined which represent a single phoneme. These may further be categorized as: "Exocentric" digraphs, where the
Silent_letter
Constructed international auxiliary language
with three digraphs and no ligatures or diacritics. Where the table below lists two pronunciations, either is perfectly acceptable. The digraphs are: The
Ido
Form of the Latin script used to write Czech language
diacritic, having evolved from an earlier system which used many digraphs (although one digraph has been kept – ch). The caron (known as háček in Czech) is
Czech_orthography
Scripts used to write the Uyghur language
32 letters (if one included their digraphs, which are: ⟨ng⟩ in all three Latin-based alphabets; also ⟨ch⟩, ⟨gh⟩, ⟨sh⟩, & ⟨zh⟩ in ULY and ALA-CL, and in
Uyghur_alphabets
Transliteration system for Cyrillic text
names from Russian spelling. The use of this digraph is optional. Вяртсиля = Vyart·silya Шч (шч) Sh·ch (sh·ch) Used primarily for romanization of non-Russian-language
BGN/PCGN romanization of Russian
BGN/PCGN_romanization_of_Russian
Japanese syllabary
mora in the Japanese language is represented by one character (or one digraph) in each system. This may be a vowel such as /a/ (hiragana あ); a consonant
Hiragana
Character used to start an escape sequence
have an undesired interpretation. In this case, an escape sequence is a digraph consisting of an escape character itself and a "quoted" character. In contrast
Escape_character
Japanese syllabic writing systems
transcribed sh* and ch* instead of sy* and ty*. For example, しゃ is transcribed as sha, and ちゅ is transcribed as chu. In earlier Japanese, digraphs could also
Kana
Writing conventions in Filipino and other Philippine languages
still hesitancy to accept the digraph ⟨sh⟩, which can be kept or respelled according to Tagalog phonology, but the digraph is used in the orthography for
Filipino_orthography
Writing of the Yiddish language
digraph forms on both modified Hebrew and native Yiddish typewriters, when Yiddish text is entered from a computer keyboard with single-key digraphs,
Yiddish_orthography
Representation of Arabic in Latin script
^5 In Encyclopaedia of Islam digraphs are underlined, that is t͟h, d͟j, k͟h, d͟h, s͟h, g͟h (or t̲h̲, d̲j̲, k̲h̲, d̲h̲, s̲h̲, g̲h̲). On the contrary the
Romanization_of_Arabic
Writing system
languages, digraphs and trigraphs are regarded as independent letters of the alphabet in their own right. The capitalization of digraphs and trigraphs
Latin_script
Kwa language spoken in Ghana
allophone of /w/ which occurs before nasals and is represented with its own digraph in writing. /l/ may be realised as [ɹ] when between a consonant and vowel
Gã_language
King of Urartu
cuneiform symbol š to voice an s-sound, as opposed to representing the digraph sh. A son and the successor of Menua, he continued the series of conquests
Argišti_I
Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
This included the following: In 1955, these were replaced by letters or digraphs from the basic Latin alphabet. For example, today ⟨sv⟩ is used for ⟨ȿ⟩
Shona_language
continental European languages, English orthography tends to use digraphs (like "sh", "oo", and "ea") rather than diacritics to indicate more sounds than
English terms with diacritical marks
English_terms_with_diacritical_marks
Frequency and point values in the board game
is used to represent Ü. Diacritical marks are ignored. The digraphic letters ZH, CH and SH have no tiles. Instead, they are played putting a Z, C or S
Scrabble_letter_distributions
of Armenian. Note that the input methods recognize the Latin digraphs zh, dz, gh, tw, sh, vo, ch, rr for Classic or Eastern Armenian, and zh, dz, tz,
Romanization_of_Armenian
English educator and spelling reformer (died 1574)
with top loop or upside-down ȡ) ∂ th /ð/ (like a digraph of fᴕ) † th /θ/ (like more curly 𝼏 or a digraph of ʗơ joined at the bottom) ɕ ch /tʃ/ (like ᵹ with
John_Hart_(spelling_reformer)
However at that time the form ⟨w⟩ was still sometimes used to represent a digraph ⟨uu⟩ (see W), not as a separate letter. In modern Welsh, "W" is simply
English_words_without_vowels
Austroasiatic language of Meghalaya state, India
in Khasi is written sh. The digraph ie represents the /e/ sound, as opposed to e, which represents the sound /ɛ/. This digraphs are not treated as single
Khasi_language
Related alphabets based on Cyrillic scripts
other languages and /ǃ/ in some Bantu languages), or by the use of digraphs (such as ⟨sh⟩), the Cyrillic script is usually adapted by the creation of entirely
Cyrillic_alphabets
Celtic language spoken in France
the representation of vowels, as well as the use of both the Latinate digraph ⟨qu⟩, which was a remnant of the sound change /kʷ/ > /k/ in Latin, and
Breton_language
benefit, perfect). In words of Greek origin, f was replaced by the older ph digraph. Hence fantosme became phantom, fesan became pheasant. This also occurred
List of English words of French origin
List_of_English_words_of_French_origin
Afro-Asiatic language native to the Horn of Africa
are represented by doubling. The letters P p, J j, V v and the digraphs Ch ch, Kh kh, Sh sh are used in loanwords. For a list of words relating to in Afar
Afar_language
Spelling and punctuation of the Dutch language
are vowels and 20 (or 21) letters are consonants. In some aspects, the digraph ⟨ij⟩ behaves as a single letter. ⟨e⟩ is the most frequently used letter
Dutch_orthography
Alphabet that uses letters from the Cyrillic script
ю /ju/, я /jɑ/ when they do not palatalize a preceding consonant. The digraphs дз and дж are normally used to represent single affricates /d͡z/ and /d͡ʒ/
Ukrainian_alphabet
1902 international language
and j is pronounced as the s in measure. The combination sh is pronounced like English sh. The stress falls on the vowel that precedes the last consonant
Idiom_Neutral
Fictional language
the romanization by the doubling of the consonant. For the digraphs ⟨ch⟩, ⟨th⟩, ⟨dh⟩, and ⟨sh⟩, only the first letter is doubled. In addition to the system
Chakobsa_(Dune)
Constructed language
Letters: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s t u v w y z Digraphs: aa ae au ch dh ee ei oo sh th zh Globish (Nerrière) Globish: How the English Language
Globish_(Gogate)
Romance language of the Balkans
orthography that resembles both that of Albanian (in the use of digraphs such as dh, sh, and th) and Italian (in its use of c and g), along with the letter
Aromanian_language
Set of conventions for written language
Sometimes this problem is addressed by the use of such devices as digraphs (such as |sh| and |ch| in English, where pairs of letters represent single sounds)
Orthography
Semitic language of eastern Ethiopia
Alphabet has eight digraphs: ch, dh, gh, gn, kh, sh, xh, and zh. It is possible to have a geminated (double) consonant. In the case of digraphs, only the initial
Harari_language
Writing system
word, is notated with a short dash under the next vowel. Therefore, the digraph qu (= /kw/) is usually written as k with a dash underneath the next vowel
Gregg_shorthand
Artificial script in Tolkien's writings
writes the English digraph ⟨wh⟩ (pronounced [ʍ] in some varieties of English) as ⟨hw⟩. There is no rune to transliterate ⟨q⟩: the digraph ⟨qu⟩ (representing
Cirth
Writing system
are: p, c, h, k, m, n, s, sh, t, y, w The letter ⟨c⟩ is used to represent the postalveolar affricate /tʃ/; the digraph ⟨sh⟩ is used to represent the postalveolar
Ojibwe_writing_systems
Marks added to letters in Greek
two dots are used above σ/ς to represent /ʃ/ (standard Albanian sh), and in the digraphs τσ̈, dσ̈ (standard ç, xh). In Arvanitika, a tilde (or macron) is
Greek_diacritics
Orthography used in writing the German language
(phonetic value equal to English ⟨sh⟩) and likewise ⟨st⟩ and ⟨ch⟩ are treated as single letters, but the vocalic digraphs ⟨ai, ei⟩ (historically ⟨ay, ey⟩)
German_orthography
Non-standard language usage
areas that pronounce the digraph [ɪç] or [ɪʃ]. Palatinate German language speakers are among those who pronounce both the digraph ⟨ch⟩ and the trigraph ⟨sch⟩
Hypercorrection
West Germanic language
letters in standard English spelling. Digraphs used to represent phonemes and phoneme sequences include ch for /tʃ/, sh for /ʃ/, th for /θ/ or /ð/, ng for
English_language
Orthography of the Latvian language
this style, diacritics are replaced by digraphs: ā, ē, ī, ū — aa, ee, ii, uu ļ, ņ, ģ, ķ — lj, nj, gj, kj š — sh (as well as ss, sj, etc.) Some people may
Latvian_orthography
System of phonetic notation
Where a simple sequence would be ambiguous, or simply for clarity, this digraph may be joined by a tie bar, a.k.a. a slur, which may appear either above
International Phonetic Alphabet
International_Phonetic_Alphabet
ASCII transliteration for Indic scripts
each Russian one. There is no need for diacritical signs and potential digraph confusion is prevented. All symbols are available on standard keyboards
Harvard-Kyoto
Turkish novelist, essayist and women's rights activist (born 1971)
bought out by Viking in 2011. Her name is spelled "Shafak" (with the digraph ⟨Sh⟩ in place of the ⟨Ş⟩) on her books published in English, including the
Elif_Shafak
Alphabets used for Albanian
the Albanian language in use today. The digraphs of the Albanian alphabet are the letters Dh, Gj, Ll, Nj, Rr, Sh, Th, Xh, and Zh. The modern Latin-based
Albanian_alphabet
System for romanization of Belarusian-language texts
The use of this digraph is optional. Кг (кг) K∙h (k∙h) The use of this digraph is optional. Сг (сг) S∙h (s∙h) The use of this digraph is optional. Тс
BGN/PCGN romanization of Belarusian
BGN/PCGN_romanization_of_Belarusian
Variety of Bulgarian
F f, G g, H h, I i, Ï ï, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, Tz tz, J j, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z, Zh zh. That proposal does
Pomak_language
Language indigenous to New Mexico
part of the alphabet, although the digraph ⟨ch⟩ is. There are also other two-letter combination sounds (like ⟨sh⟩). ⟨c, r, g, v, z, x, q, f, j⟩ are not
Zuni_language
travel, tourism, insurance
SH DIGRAPH
SH DIGRAPH
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly southern)
English (mainly southern) : from the Old French habitational name and personal name Paris (see Paris 1). Parrish is the most common form of the name in English, and is the result of confusion between -s and -sh (compare Norris), reinforced by folk etymological association with the modern English word parish. In the 17th and 18th centuries the surname was occasionally bestowed on foundlings brought up at the expense of the parish.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Nature; Lord's Name; Colourfull
SH DIGRAPH
SH DIGRAPH
SH DIGRAPH
SH DIGRAPH
SH DIGRAPH
SH DIGRAPH
SH DIGRAPH
n.
Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper.
n.
The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm. T () the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation, //262-264, and also //153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180.
n.
Two signs or characters combined to express a single articulated sound; as ea in head, or th in bath.
n.
A digraph.
n.
A colorless mobile liquid, C6H5.SH, of an offensive odor, and analogous to phenol; -- called also phenyl sulphydrate.
n.
A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an improper diphthong.
n.
A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph.
n.
A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii.
a.
Of or pertaining to a digraph.
n.
A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow. S () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, debris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, // 255-261.
a.
Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.
v. t.
To fetter; to shackle; to chain. H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in charm (written also tch as in catch), with the latter, the sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In some words, mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others, ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 153, 179, 181-3, 237-8.
n. pl.
An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side. N () the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 243-246.
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