◌̔


◌̔ U+0314, ̔
COMBINING REVERSED COMMA ABOVE
← ◌̓
[U+0313]
Combining Diacritical Marks ◌̕ →
[U+0315]
See also: ʽ

Ancient Greek

A gray lowercase alpha with a red rough breathing.

Etymology

From a small version of the letter heta (Ͱ) written over the letter as a diacritical mark.

Diacritical mark

◌̔

  1. A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called δασεῖα (daseîa, “rough”) in Ancient Greek, and found on ἁ (ἁ)/ἑ (ἑ), ἡ (ἡ)/ἱ (ἱ), ὁ (ὁ)/ῥ (ῥ) and ὑ (ὑ)/ὡ (ὡ). It is also known by its Latin name spīritus asper or the English name rough breathing. It was originally used to indicate the presence of the sound /h/ before a vowel or /r/ but continued to be used even after /h/ had disappeared from the language.

See also

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