ś

See also: ś-, -ś, and Appendix:Variations of "s"

ś U+015B, ś LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH ACUTE Composition: s [U+0073] + ◌́ [U+0301] ← Ś [U+015A] Latin Extended-A Ŝ → [U+015C]

Translingual

Letter

ś (upper case Ś)

1. (NAPA) a voiceless alveopalatal fricative (IPA [ɕ]).
2. (IAST) transliterates Sanskrit श (or equivalent).
3. A transliteration of a palatalized s in the Lydian language
4. In Proto-Semitic, a reconstructed voiceless lateral fricative phoneme, the parent phoneme of Ge'ez Śawt (ሠ).
5. A sibilant phoneme of the earliest phase of the Sumerian language.
6. A transliteration of a letter of the Etruscan alphabet, related to San and Tsade.

Belarusian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕ/

Letter

ś (upper case Ś)

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

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• ſch (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕ/

Letter

ś (upper case Ś)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called śej and written in the Latin script.

See also

(Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź

• (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṅ ṅ, Ṕ ṕ, Ṙ ṙ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ, Ẇ ẇ, Ż ż

Polish

Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and ś for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕ/, or IPA^(key): /ʑ/ if voiced

Letter

ś (upper case Ś, lower case)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Polish alphabet, called eś and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (International Standard) /ʃ/, (Pan-Vlax) /ɕ/

Letter

ś (lower case, upper case Ś)

1. (International Standard) The twenty-fifth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: (Pan-Vlax) š

2. (Pan-Vlax) Used to respresent a dialectal pronunciation of čh.

   Synonym: (International Standard) ćh

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

References

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “Ś, ś”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 14

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕ/

Letter

ś (upper case Ś)

1. (Montenegro) A letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Silesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕ/
• Syllabification: ś

Etymology 1

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and ś for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

ś (lower case, upper case Ś)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ǒ ǒ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Etymology 2

Preposition

ś

1. Alternative form of z.

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕ/

Letter

ś (upper case Ś)

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