Hungarian gy
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[edit] Linguistics & Pronunciation
Gy is the thirteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet. It represents a voiced palatal plosive /ɟ/. In Hungarian, the letter's name is "dyay."
[edit] Usage
It is only used this way in Hungarian. In Hungarian, even if two characters are put together to make a different sound, they are considered one letter, and acronyms keep the letter intact.
[edit] Examples
- These examples are Hungarian words that use the letter gy, with the English translation.
- gyám = guardian
- gyep = lawn
- gyík = lizard
- gyom = weed
- gyufa = match
- agy = brain
- ágy = bed
- ügy = affair
- hegy=mountain
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| Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd | Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Jj | Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Pp | Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Vv | Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz | |
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