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æ

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2012/04/03 17:22 UTC 版)

略号

æ lower case (upper case Æ)

1. (chiefly dated) Ligature of vowels a and e.

使用する際の注意点

• Normally used for words of either Ancient Greek or Latin origin.
• Uncommon in modern English mainly due to its absence in English typographical equipment.
• In American English: this symbol is usually absent in favor of e whenever it has the sound /ɛ/ (SAMPA /E/) or /iː/ (SAMPA /i:/), but not when it makes a different sound, as in this example: ‘formulæ’.

参考

• ash
• œ
• Appendix:English pronunciation

アナグラム

• EA, Ea, ea, ea.

発音

• IPA: /æː/

文字

æ (upper case Æ)

1. Æ, letter of the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) alphabet, listed in 24th and final position by Byrhtferð (1011). Called æsc "ash tree" after the Anglo-Saxon ᚫ rune.

語源 1

Cognate with Old Saxon êo, Ol Frisian ewa, êwe, ê, â, Old German êwa, êha, êa, ê (German Ehe).

名詞

ǣ f.

1. law, scripture

   God is wisdom and æ woruldbuendra. God is the wisdom and law of world-dwellers.

2. ceremony, custom, marriage

語形変化

    語形変化 of æ

	Singular	Plural
nominative	ǣ	ǣ
accusative	ǣ	ǣ
genitive	ǣ, ǣwe	ǣwa
dative	ǣ, ǣwe	ǣwum

派生語

• ǣwnian
• æubreche "adultery, adulterer"

語源 2

From Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *akʷā-. Cognate with Old Frisian â, ê, Old Norse á, Old Saxon and Old High German aha, and Gothic ahwa; and with Latin aqua.

名詞

ǣ f.

1. river, running water

ウィキペディア英語版

Æ

出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/28 22:24 UTC 版)

英語による解説

ウィキペディア英語版からの引用

引用

Æ (lower case: æ) is a grapheme formed from the letters a and e. Originally a ligature representing a Latin diphthong, it has been promoted to the full status of a letter in the alphabets of some languages, including Danish, Faroese, Norwegian and Icelandic. As a letter of the Old English Latin alphabet, it was called æsc ("ash tree") after the Anglo-Saxon futhorc rune ᚫ (), which it transliterated; its traditional name in English is still ash (IPA: /æʃ/).