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yogh

yogh
Y y

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [yohkh]
    • /yoʊx/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [yohkh]
    • /yoʊx/

Definitions of yogh word

  • noun yogh the letter used in the writing of Middle English to represent a palatal fricative, as in ung (Modern English young) or a velar fricative, as in litliche (Modern English lightly). 1
  • noun yogh A Middle English letter (ʒ) used mainly where modern English has gh or y. 1
  • noun yogh a character (ȝ) used in Old and Middle English to represent a palatal fricative very close to the semivowel sound of Modern English y, as in Old English ȝeong (young) 0
  • noun yogh this same character as used in Middle English for both the voiced and voiceless palatal fricatives; when final or in a closed syllable in medial position the sound approached that of German ch in ich, as in knyȝt (knight). After the 14th century this symbol became the modern consonantal (semivocalic) y when initial or commencing a syllable, and though no longer pronounced in medial position it is preserved in many words by a modern gh, as in thought 0
  • noun yogh a letter of the Middle English alphabet, ȝ, representing: 0
  • noun yogh a voiceless velar fricative similar to Modern German ( (x) ; kh) ), as in doch: in Modern English orthography it has been replaced by gh, which either is silent, as in though, or represents the sound (f), as in cough 0

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Origin of yogh

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English yogh, yok

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Parts of speech for Yogh

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

yogh popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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