haček

A form of háček — A caron; a diacritical mark (ˇ) usually resembling an inverted circumflex, but in the cases of ď, Ľ, ľ, and ť resembling an apostrophe (’) instead.

Meanings

nounhaček (plural hačeks or hačky)

plural hačeks · plural hačky

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of háček.

    The library of the United States Congress have worked out their own transliteration system and although the “hačeks” does not figure in it, other diacritical signs are employed.

    1956, The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, XI, page 12
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    Gaj’s incentive for the graphical shape of his letters was a native source. This can be seen in his use of the tilde rather than the “haček” (ˇ), as is often incorrectly claimed.

    1995, Milan Moguš, A History of the Croatian Language, page 163
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