SOFT SIGN
(noun)Definitions
There is 1 meaning of the phrase
Soft Sign.
Soft Sign - as a noun
The cyrillic letter ь/ь, which in old church slavonic represented a short (or "reduced") front vowel, and in modern languages serves to denote a soft (palatalized) consonant.
Example: "The yers in weak position were lost, although not in some instances before palatalizing the preceeding consonant by the front yer b."
Synonyms (Exact Relations)
Example Sentences
"In the Cyrillic alphabet, the soft sign modifies the pronunciation of the preceding consonant."
"You need to put a soft sign after the letter 'н' to produce the soft 'нь' sound."
"The soft sign is represented by the symbol 'ь' in Russian."
"After the soft sign, the preceding consonant becomes palatalized."
"The soft sign indicates the absence of a vowel sound after the preceding consonant."