ʹ

See also: [U+2032 PRIME], ´ [U+00B4 ACUTE ACCENT], ˊ [U+0301 COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT], ◌́, and ʺ [U+02BA MODIFIER LETTER DOUBLE PRIME]

ʹ U+02B9, ʹ
MODIFIER LETTER PRIME
ʸ
[U+02B8]
Spacing Modifier Letters ʺ
[U+02BA]

Translingual

Symbol

ʹ

  1. A mark used for transliteration of Cyrillic Ь.
  2. (lexicography) A mark for palatalization in Cyrillic dictionaries, equivalent to IPA ʲ or Americanist ʸ.
    Synonym:

English

Symbol

ʹ

  1. (lexicography) Alternative form of (stress mark).

Greek

See also: ͵ [U+0375 GREEK LOWER NUMERAL SIGN]

Diacritical mark

ʹ

  1. Used to form Greek numerals from the letters of the Greek alphabet. In modern texts, the use of these Greek numerals rather than Hindu–Arabic numerals is equivalent to the use of Roman numerals in Latin script.
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1sΑ΄ α΄Β΄ β΄Γ΄ γ΄Δ΄ δ΄Ε΄ ε΄Ϛ΄ ϛ΄ΣΤ΄ Στ΄ στ΄Ϝ΄ ϝ΄Ζ΄ ζ΄Η΄ η΄Θ΄ θ΄
10sΙ΄ ι΄Κ΄ κ΄Λ΄ λ΄Μ΄ μ΄Ν΄ ν΄Ξ΄ ξ΄Ο΄ ο΄Π΄ π΄Ϟ΄ ϟ΄
100sΡ΄ ρ΄Σ΄ σ΄Τ΄ τ΄Υ΄ υ΄Φ΄ φ΄Χ΄ χ΄Ψ΄ ψ΄Ω΄ ω΄Ϡ΄ ϡ΄
1000s͵Α ͵α͵Β ͵β͵Γ ͵γ͵Δ ͵δ͵Ε ͵ε͵Ϛ ͵ϛ͵ΣΤ ͵Στ ͵στ͵Ϝ ͵ϝ͵Ζ ͵ζ͵Η ͵η͵Θ ͵θ
10,000s͵Ι ͵ι͵Κ ͵κ͵Λ ͵λ͵Μ ͵μ͵Ν ͵ν͵Ξ ͵ξ͵Ο ͵ο͵Π ͵π͵Ϟ ͵ϟ
100,000s͵Ρ ͵ρ͵Σ ͵σ͵Τ ͵τ͵Υ ͵υ͵Φ ͵φ͵Χ ͵χ͵Ψ ͵ψ͵Ω ͵ω͵Ϡ ͵ϡ
Greek number and measurement appendix

Usage notes

The Unicode code point U+0374 GREEK NUMERAL SIGN is canonically equivalent to U+02B9 MODIFIER LETTER PRIME.

Ludian

Letter

ʹ

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Ludian alphabet, called pehmed pilkeh and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Considered its own letter, like in Veps. Only found after consonant letters.

See also

Skolt Sami

Alternative forms

Letter

ʹ

  1. Suprasegmental palatalization is marked by a free-standing prime or acute accent (´) added after the vowel.

See also

Veps

Letter

ʹ

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Veps alphabet, called pehmenduzznam and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Considered its own letter, like in Ludian.
  • Only found after consonant letters.
  • In many digital sources, this symbol is (by Unicode standards incorrectly) encoded as an apostrophe (' (U+0027 APOSTROPHE) or (U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK)).

See also