Meaning of diacritical hook | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any specific, hamiform diacritic; variously:
2. An ogonek (˛).
3. A retroflex hook (̢).
4. A cedilla (¸).
5. other similar diacritics

Examples

“The following misprints have been noticed: … lāru for lārum … and in hęre for as in hęre … miere for mīere … feorōe for feorðe … onliehtan for onlīehtan … the omission of the diacritical hook under the e or o in: dęhter … āsęcgan … cwęllan … swęre, swęriað … sęnde, sęnd … nęmde, nęmnode …gesęnded … sęcge … gǫngan … ęlne … forswęrian … wębbestre, wędlāc.”

“Such [r-coloring] may also be represented by adding a diacritical hook to a vowel letter [ᶒ, ɚ, ᶗ], or by making use of Kenyon’s “hooked schwa” [˞].”

“In the new Turkish alphabet each sound is represented by a single letter, sometimes with diacritical hooks.”

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:diacritical hook.”

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