ґе

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɛ]

Noun

ґе • (ge) n inan (indeclinable)

1. The letter ґ (g), the 5th letter of the Ukrainian alphabet.

Usage notes

• This letter was absent from official Soviet orthographies during 1933–1990, with г (h) being substituted. It remained in use outside the Soviet Union.

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2000), “ґ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 7 (головнѣйший – десѧтина), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 125
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “ґ”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN