Ŕ

Ŕ U+0154, Ŕ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH ACUTE Composition: R [U+0052] + ◌́ [U+0301] ← œ [U+0153] Latin Extended-A ŕ → [U+0155]

Basque

Etymology

Coined by Sabino Arana.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

Ŕ (upper case, lower case ŕ)

1. (obsolete) A letter of the Basque alphabet.

Usage notes

• In Sabino Arana's orthography, it was used for the trill consonant. In the standard orthography, it has been replaced by r in syllable-final positions and by rr between vowels.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• Ṙ (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rʲ/

Letter

Ŕ (lower case ŕ)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called ejŕ and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

As the letter ⟨ŕ⟩ is never the first letter of a word, the upper case form appears only when a word is written in ALL CAPS.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
• (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṕ ṕ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ

Slovak

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /r̩ː/

Letter

Ŕ (lower case ŕ)

1. The thirty-third letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Further reading

• “Ŕ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025