háčekn.
/ˈhatʃɛk/, U.S. /ˈhɑtʃɛk/ A name for the diacritic ˇ, which is used in Baltic and Slavonic languages. When placed above a consonant, it indicates palatalization (as č /tʃ/, š /ʃ/), etc.); when placed above e, it indicates the vowel phoneme jat′.
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1953 W. E. Harkins Mod. Czech Gram. 1 The Latin alphabet has been expanded..through the use of diacritical marks, called the čárka ′, kroužek ˇ, and háček °... The single vowel with the háček, ě, is sometimes listed with e.
1959 W. R. Lee & Z. Lee Teach Yourself Czech p. xv All consonant letters marked with a hook (háček)..are ‘soft’.
1980 R. Auty in Schenker & Stankiewicz Slavic Literary Lang. 169 Hus's lozenge-shaped dot was changed to the ‘hook’ (háček) which lives on as the reversed circumflex of the present-day Czech alphabet.
1984 E. Stankiewicz Gram. & Dict. Slavic Lang. 3 Hus replaced the medieval system of digraphs with one of diacritics, among which the dot (later replaced by a háček) marked the palatals.
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