diacritical hook

noun

An ogonek (˛).

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:diacritical hook.”

Meanings

noundiacritical hook (plural diacritical hooks)

plural diacritical hooks

  1. Any specific, hamiform diacritic; variously:
    1. An ogonek (˛).
      1 more example

      The following misprints have been noticed: … lāru for lārum … and in hęre for as in hęre … miere for mīere … feorōe for feorðe … onliehtan for onlīehtan … the omission of the diacritical hook under the e or o in: dęhter … āsęcgan … cwęllan … swęre, swęriað … sęnde, sęnd … nęmde, nęmnode …gesęnded … sęcge … gǫngan … ęlne … forswęrian … wębbestre, wędlāc.

      1898, Modern Language Notes, XIII, page 50
    2. A retroflex hook (̢).

      Such [r-coloring] may also be represented by adding a diacritical hook to a vowel letter [ᶒ, ɚ, ᶗ], or by making use of Kenyon’s “hooked schwa” [˞].

      1958, Robert W. Albright, The International Phonetic Alphabet: Its Backgrounds and Development, page 61
    3. A cedilla (¸).

      In the new Turkish alphabet each sound is represented by a single letter, sometimes with diacritical hooks.

      1981, Gyula Wojtilla, editor, Writings of Hungarian Islamologist Gyula Germanus, page 157
    4. other similar diacritics

      For quotations using this term, see Citations:diacritical hook.

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