soft sign

English

Etymology

From soft (mjáxkij znak) +‎ sign, calque of Russian мя́гкий знак (mjáxkij znak).

Noun

soft sign (plural soft signs)

1. The Cyrillic letter Ь/ь, which in modern languages serves to denote a soft (palatalized) consonant.

Synonyms

• yer, front yer

Antonyms

• hard sign

Translations

Cyrillic letter Ь/ь

• Belarusian: мя́ккі знак m (mjákki znak)
• Bulgarian: ер ма́лък m (er málǎk)
• Dutch: zacht teken n
• Italian: segno tenue m

• Russian: мя́гкий знак (ru) m (mjáxkij znak), ерь (ru) m (jerʹ) (archaic)
• Ukrainian: м'я́кий знак m (mʺjákyj znak)
• Yakut: сымнатыы бэлиэтэ (sımnatıı beliete)