ġ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "g"

ġ U+0121, ġ LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH DOT ABOVE Composition: g [U+0067] + ◌̇ [U+0307] ← Ġ [U+0120] Latin Extended-A Ģ → [U+0122]

Translingual

Symbol

ġ

1. (NAPA) Alternative form of ɡ̇
2. (romanization) used to transcribe the Arabic letter غ (ḡ).

   Synonyms: g͟h, ḡ

3. (international standards) Transliterates Indic ग़ (or equivalents).

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter G):  Ǵǵ  Ğğ  Ĝĝ  Ǧǧ  Ġġ  Ģģ  Ḡḡ  Ǥǥ  Ɠɠ  ᶃ  ɢ  Ｇｇ  Ŋŋ
• (Letters with dot):  Ȧȧ  Ạạ  Ặặ  Ậậ  Ǡǡ  Ḃḃ  Ḅḅ  Ċċ  Ḋḋ  Ḍḍ  Ėė  Ẹẹ  Ḟḟ  Ġġ  Ḣḣ  Ḥḥ  Ii  İi  Iı  Ịị  Ḳḳ  Ḷḷ  Ṁṁ  Ṃṃ  Ṅṅ  Ṇṇ  Ȯȯ  Ọọ  Ợợ  Ṗṗ  Ṙṙ  Ṛṛ  Ṡṡ  Ṣṣ  ẛ  Ṫṫ  Ṭṭ  Ụụ  Ựự  Ṿṿ  Ẇẇ  Ẉẉ  Ẋẋ  Ẏẏ  Ỵỵ  Żż  Ẓẓ

English

Symbol

ġ

1. (lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨g⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /d͡ʒ/, as in the word "giant".

Inupiaq

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁ/

Letter

ġ (lower case, upper case Ġ)

1. A letter of the Inupiaq alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Irish

Letter

ġ (lower case, upper case Ġ)

1. The letter g with a ponc séimhithe (dot above), used primarily in Gaelic type; equivalent to the digraph gh in roman type.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

Maltese

Etymology

The dot indicates the “softer” of two pronunciations, in this case the affricate /d͡ʒ/ instead of the plosive /ɡ/. Compare ċ and ż.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/ (per final devoicing or assimilation to a following voiceless obstruent)

Letter

ġ (lower case, upper case Ġ)

1. The seventh letter of the Maltese alphabet, after f.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

ġ (lower case, upper case Ġ)

1. A modified version of g sometimes used in modern texts, representing a /ɡ/ that underwent palatalization, usually resulting in a pronunciation of /j/.

Tashelhit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣ/

Letter

ġ (lower case, upper case Ġ)

1. A letter of the Tashelhit alphabet, written in the Latin script.