barred d

plural barred d's

1. Synonym of d with stroke (“Đ/đ”).

   đ (or barred d) is the only consonant modified by a diacritical mark.

   1966, Vietnamese: Introduction to the Standard Writing System of Vietnamese, Defense Language Institute, page 2

   Synonyms: d with stroke

2. rareSynonym of eth (“Ð/ð”).

   The letter Þ. þ is called ‘thorn’ and Ð, ð ‘barred ‘d’’ or ‘eth’.

   1997, Stephen Pollington, First Steps in Old English, Anglo-Saxon Books, page 139

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   The voiceless fricative represented by the two letters th in thin is given by the old English runic letter Thorn (spina), þ, while its voiced counterpart in then is the corresponding barred d, ð.

   1920, Wilfrid Perrett, Peetickay: An Essay Towards the Abolition of Spelling, page 51

   Synonyms: eth

3. Synonym of tau Gallicum (“Ꟈ/ꟈ”).

   Attempts to interpret this epigram have been varied, but as Tenney Frank has suggested, it is probable that tau Gallicum refers to the Celtic sound which was transliterated into Latin and Greek by such makeshifts as theta or barred D.

   1940, Norman Johnston DeWitt, Urbanization and the Franchise in Roman Gaul, Johns Hopkins university, page 48

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   It is right to notice that in this Epad, as indeed, Duchalais remarks in his Médailles Gauloises, p. 2, the d stands of the barred d, and has the value of th or s, as in the legend of the Gaulsih coin inscribed Veliocathes, i.e, Veliocasses; [...].

   1861, Beale Poste, Celtic Inscriptions an Gaulish and British Coins: Intended to Supply Materials for the Early History of Great Britain, page 15

   Synonyms: tau Gallicum