ѳ

See also: ф, Ѳ, Ф, θ, -ф, Ө, and ө

ѳ U+0473, ѳ CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER FITA ← Ѳ [U+0472] Cyrillic Ѵ → [U+0474]

The letter sometimes has a wavy cross-bar.

Old Novgorodian

Pronunciation

• (11^th‒15^th c. CE) IPA^(key): /f/, /t/

Letter

ѳ • (θ) (lower case, upper case Ѳ)

1. The forty-first letter of the Old Novgorodian alphabet, written in the Old Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Old Cyrillic-script letters) боукꙑ; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ж ж, Ѕ ѕ, З з, И и, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Оу оу, Ф ф, Х х, Ѡ ѡ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ꙑ ꙑ, Ь ь, Ѣ ѣ, Ꙗ ꙗ, Ѥ ѥ, Ю ю, Ѫ ѫ, Ѭ ѭ, Ѧ ѧ, Ѩ ѩ, Ѯ ѯ, Ѱ ѱ, Ѳ ѳ, Ѵ ѵ

Russian

Letter

ѳ • (f) (lower case, upper case Ѳ)

1. (obsolete) The letter fita (Russian фита́ (fitá)) or ѳита́ (fitá)). A consonantal letter intended to represent the Greek phoneme /θ/, which was approximated in Russian by /f/. Replaced by the letter ф (f) in the spelling reform of 1917.

Usage notes

• This letter was used in words of Greek origin in cases where Russian /f/ derived from Greek θ (th) rather than φ (ph). For example, орѳогра́фія (orfográfija, “orthography”), Ѳивы (Fivy, “Thebes”), etc.
• In some words the pronunciation had changed to /t/ under French and German influence. These were accordingly replaced with т (t) instead of ф (f).