ϝ

See also: Ϝ, Appendix:Variations of "f", Appendix:Variations of "u", Appendix:Variations of "v", and Appendix:Variations of "y"

ϝ U+03DD, ϝ GREEK SMALL LETTER DIGAMMA ← Ϝ [U+03DC] Greek and Coptic Ϟ → [U+03DE]

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Ϝ, from the Phoenician letter 𐤅, waw.

Symbol

ϝ • (w)

1. Lower case digamma, the sixth letter of the early Greek alphabet. Its name was probably ϝαῦ (waû), later δίγαμμα (dígamma), and it represented a voiced labial-velar approximant: /w/. It is preceded by ε and followed by ζ.

Derived terms

• ϝ΄, ͵ϝ
• f, F (Roman)

See also

• digamma

Greek

Letter

ϝ • (w) (lowercase, uppercase Ϝ)

1. (archaic, obsolete) The letter δίγαμμα (dígamma).