Er_(Cyrillic)

Er (Cyrillic)

Er (Cyrillic)

Cyrillic letter


Er р; italics: Р р) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.

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Er, from Alexandre Benois' 1904 alphabet book

It commonly represents the alveolar trill /r/, like the "rolled" sound in the Scottish pronunciation of r in "curd".

History

The Cyrillic letter Er was derived from the Greek letter Rho ρ). It has no connection to the Latin letter P (P p), which evolved from the Greek letter Pi (Π π), despite both having the same form.

The name of Er in the Early Cyrillic alphabet was рьци (rĭci), meaning "speak".[1]

In the Cyrillic numeral system, er had a value of 100.

Form

The Cyrillic letter Er (Р р) looks similar to the Greek letter Rho (Ρ ρ), and the same as the Latin letter P (П in Cyrillic).

Usage

As used in the alphabets of various languages, р represents the following sounds:

The pronunciations shown in the table are the primary ones for each language; for details consult the articles on the languages.

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  • The dictionary definition of Р at Wiktionary
  • The dictionary definition of р at Wiktionary

References

  1. Corbett, Professor Greville; Comrie, Professor Bernard (September 2003). The Slavonic Languages. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-86137-6.

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