This appendix explains characters written in theOld Cyrillic script.
This is theCyrillic alphabet, as used inOld Church Slavonic and other Slavic languages before the eighteenth century. Sound is transcribed in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet. Transliteration method is the scholarly system used in linguistics.
The classic Cyrillic alphabet has different writing and typographical conventions from the modern.
| Greek uncial | Cyrillic ustav | Modern | Old Church Slavonic names | Sound | Translit. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| А а | азъ(azŭ) | [a] | a | ||
| (в) | Б бб | боукꙑ(buky) | [b] | b | |
| В в | вѣди(vědi),вѣдѣ(vědě) | [v] | v | ||
| Г г | глаголи(glagoli),глаголъ(glagolŭ) | [ɡ] | g | ||
| Д д | добро(dobro) | [d] | d | ||
| Е е | ѥсть(jestĭ),естъ(estŭ) | [ɛ] ([jɛ] when not preceded by a consonant) | e | ||
| (Ⰶ) | Ж ж | живѣте(živěte) | [ʒʲ]~[ʒ] | ž | |
| (зꙁ) (cursive digamma) | — (Ѕ ѕ) | ѕѣло(dzělo),зѣло(zělo) | [d͡z]~[d͡zʲ]~[zʲ] | dz | |
| З з | землꙗ(zemlja) | [z] | z | ||
| И и | и(i),ижеи(ižei) | [i] (usually [ji] or [jɪ] when not preceded by a consonant) | i | ||
| І і | иже(iže) | [i] (usually [ji] or [jɪ] when not preceded by a consonant) | i | ||
| — | Absent (see г҄) | — | eрвь(ervĭ),дервь(dervĭ) | [gʲ]~[dʲ]~[j] | ǵ |
| К к | како(kako) | [k] | k | ||
| Л л | людьѥ(ljudĭje),людиѥ(ljudije) | [l] (sometimes [ʎ]) | l | ||
| М м | мꙑслите(myslite),мꙑслѣте(myslěte) | [m] | m | ||
| Н н | нашь(našĭ) | [n] (sometimes [ɲ]) | n | ||
| О о | онъ(onŭ) | [o]~[ɔ] | o | ||
| П п | покои(pokoi) | [p] | p | ||
| Р р | рьци(rĭci) | [r] (sometimes [rʲ]) | r | ||
| С с | слово(slovo) | [s] | s | ||
| Т т | тврьдо(tvrĭdo),тврдо(tvrdo),твердо(tverdo) | [t] | t | ||
| (о+ѵ) | У у | оукъ(ukŭ),икъ(ikŭ) | [u] | u | |
| Ф ф | фьртъ(fĭrtŭ),фртъ(frtŭ) | [f] (occasionally [p]) | f | ||
| Х х | хѣръ(xěrŭ),херь(xerĭ) | [x] | x | ||
| — | ѡтъ(otŭ) | [o]~[ɔ] | o (ô) | ||
| — | Ц ц | ци(ci) | [t͡s]~[t͡sʲ] | c | |
| — | Ч ч | чрьвь(črĭvĭ) | [t͡ʃ]~[t͡ʃʲ] | č | |
| — | Ш ш | ша(ša) | [ʃ]~[ʃʲ] | š | |
| (ш+т / Ⱋ) | Щ щ | ща(šta),шта(šta) | [tʲ]~[ʃʲtʲ]~[ʃt͡ʃ]~[ʃt] | št | |
| — | Ъ ъ | ѥръ(jerŭ) | [ʊ]~[ŭ] (neutralized to [ɪ] after ж, ѕ, ц, ч, ш, щ, жд) | ŭ (ъ, ”) | |
| (ъ+і) | Ы ы | ѥрꙑ(jery) | [ɯ]~[ɨ] or [ɯji]~[ɯjɪ]~[ɯjĭ] | y | |
| — | Ь ь | ѥрь(jerĭ) | [ɪ]~[ĭ] | ǐ (ь, ’) | |
| — | Ѣѣ | ѣть(jětĭ),ꙗть(jatĭ) | [æ] ([e] in western South Slavic dialects) | ě | |
| (і+оу) | Ю ю | ю(ju) | [ju] ([u] after ж, ѕ, ц, ч, ш, щ, жд) | ju | |
| (і+а) | — | ꙗ(ja),иꙗ(ija) | [ja] | ja | |
| (і+е) | — | ѥ(je),иѥ(ije) | [jɛ] | je | |
| — | Я я | ѧсъ(ęsŭ),юсъ малыи(jusŭ malyi) | [ɛ̃] ([jɛ̃] when not preceded by a consonant) | ę | |
| (і+ѧ) | — | ѩсъ(jęsŭ),юсъ малыи иотірованныи(jusŭ malyi iotirovannyi) | [jɛ̃] | ję | |
| — | — | ѫсъ(ǫsŭ),юсъ большии(jusŭ bolĭšii) | [ɔ̃] | ǫ | |
| (і+ѫ) | — | ѭсъ(jǫsŭ),юсъ больший иотірованныи(jusŭ bolĭšij iotirovannyi) | [jɔ̃] | jǫ | |
| — | кси(ksi) | [ks] | ks | ||
| — | пси(psi) | [ps] | ps | ||
| Ѳ ѳ | ѳита(θita) | [t]~[θ] | θ (th, ḟ) | ||
| [Ѵ ѵ] | ижица(ižica) | [i]~[y], [v] | ü (ẏ) |
| Source | ѧ : ѩ | ѫ : ѭ |
|---|---|---|
| Hil | ѧ : ꙙ | ѫ : ѭ |
| Supr | ꙙ/[ѧ] : ѧ | ... |
| Слуц. | ꙙ/[ѧ] : ѧ | ... |
| Макед. XI | ꙙ : ꙙ | ... |
| Sav | ѧ/[ꙙ] : ѧ | ... |
| 10² | 10¹ | 10⁰ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | р | ії | а |
| 2 | с | к | в |
| 3 | т | л | г |
| 4 | оуѵ | м | д |
| 5 | ф | н | е |
| 6 | х | ѯ | ѕ |
| 7 | ѱ | о | з |
| 8 | ѡ | п | и |
| 9 | цѧ | ч | ѳ |
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| 1 | у | л | д | х | и | н | ц | ч | щ | ы | ꙑ | а | ꙗ | я | ѧ | е | є | ѥ | з | ꙁ | ꙃ | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | у | ʌ | χ | ʜ | ɴ | ьı | ъı | ѧ | ѧ | є | є | ıє | ||||||||||
| Menaion Unicode | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 21 | -Latin, bad bold |
| Lazov | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 21 | +Latin | |
| BukyVede | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 21 | +Latin |
| Kliment Std | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 21 | +Latin |
| Dilyana | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ъı | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 21 | 21 | 2 | — | — | -Latin |
| Menaion Medieval | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ъı | — | 2 | — | 21 | 2 | — | 21 | 2 | — | — | -Latin, bad bold | |
| Ostromirov UCS | оу | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ъı | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 21 | 21 | 2 | — | — | blackboard? capital | |
| Fedorovsk Unicode | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 21 | — | |
| Ponomar Unicode | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 21 | — | -Latin |
| RomanCyrillic Std | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 21 |
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