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ot
Ot (noun) means the name of a letter (Ѿ / ѿ) that once appeared in the Cyrillic alphabet. Example: “The old manuscript still used the letter ot, long since dropped from modern Russian.”
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The name of a letter (Ѿ / ѿ) that once appeared in the Cyrillic alphabet.
"The old manuscript still used the letter ot, long since dropped from modern Russian."
"The letter ot looks like an omega with a small t above it."
"Our teacher showed us the old Cyrillic letter ot in a book of historic scripts."
How to use ot
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn obsolete Cyrillic letter name; rarely encountered outside linguistics.
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What does “ot” mean?
The word “ot” means the name of a letter (Ѿ / ѿ) that once appeared in the Cyrillic alphabet. In plain terms, an obsolete Cyrillic letter name; rarely encountered outside linguistics.
How do you use “ot” in a sentence?
Here is “ot” used in a sentence: “The old manuscript still used the letter ot, long since dropped from modern Russian.”
What part of speech is “ot”?
“Ot” is a noun.
Is “ot” a common word?
“Ot” is a fairly common word in modern English.
What alphabet did the letter Ot belong to?
Ot (Ѿ / ѿ) is the name of a letter that once appeared in the Cyrillic alphabet, historically used to write Old Church Slavonic and early Slavic languages. It is no longer part of the modern Cyrillic alphabets used by living languages.
Is the letter Ot still used in modern writing?
No, the letter Ot (Ѿ / ѿ) is an archaic letter that once appeared in the Cyrillic alphabet but has since fallen out of use in modern Slavic languages. It survives mainly in historical or liturgical texts.
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