haĉek

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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. alternativenonstandardrareAlternative spelling of háček.

    Ask to be that diver falling haĉek into this wave.

    2002, Andrew Zawacki, By Reason of Breakings, poem iv: “Diacritics”, page 28
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    BTW, Esperanto uses a “breve” on the “u”, i.e. ŭ, not a haĉek.

    2003 February 24, "Lee Sau Dan" (username), Re: Non-umlaut umlauts (see the original message), in sci.lang, Usenet

    My father always wrote Bětik with a little “v” called haĉek, above the “e”; Marušaks placed the haĉek above the “s”.

    2006 December 8, Mary Betik Trojacek, Beyond Ellis Island, page 17
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APA

haĉek. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ha%C4%89ek

MLA

“haĉek.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ha%C4%89ek. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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