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nounThe Cyrillic letter Ъ/ъ, which in modern languages serves to denote a hard (non-palatalized) consonant.
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nounThe Cyrillic letter Ъ/ъ, which in modern languages serves to denote a hard (non-palatalized) consonant.
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back yer
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Origin
- Russianтвёрдый знак
- Englishhard sign
Calque of Russian твёрдый знак (tvjórdyj znak).
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Bulgarian ер голя́м
- ер голя́м (er goljám)Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
Czech tvrdý znak
- tvrdý znakCyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
Dutch hard teken
- hard tekenCyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
Finnish kova merkki
- kova merkkiCyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
French signe dur
- signe durCyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
German hartes Zeichen, Hartheitszeichen
- hartes ZeichenCyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
- HartheitszeichenCyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
Italian segno duro
- segno duroCyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
Polish twardy znak
- twardy znakCyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
Romanian semn tare
- semn tareCyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
Russian твёрдый знак, ер
- твёрдый знак (tvjórdyj znak)Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
- ер (jer)Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
Slovak tvrdy znak
- tvrdy znakCyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
Spanish signo duro
- signo duroCyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
Ukrainian тверди́й знак
- тверди́й знак (tverdýj znak)Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
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hard sign. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20sign
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“hard sign.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20sign. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hard sign,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20sign.
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