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The letter Г

 

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The Г is the fourth letter of the Russian alphabet.

 

Capital letter	Lower case
Г	г

 

 

Listen to the sound of this letter.

 

Names
This letter is called гэ or глаголь (gee or glagol). Гэ is the new name, глаголь is the old name.

Pronunciation, transliteration and transciption
This letter is pronounced like the Engelisg G of good or goal. This letter is pronounced as a v in the combination -ого or -его, which oftten occurs at the end of words in the genitive case.
The transliteration of Г is G.
The transcription of Г is G.

 

Origin and appearance
The letter Г looks like a vertical line with a smaller horizontal line, pointing to the rigth, on top of it. It looks a bit like the roman letter r (lower case). This letter is based on the Greek letter Gamma, Γ / γ.

 

The ГУМ is Moscows most famous shopping mall. The acronym, beginning with the letter Г, stands for Государственный Универсальный Магази (State Department Store).

 

 

The Russian spelling alphabet
In the Russian spelling alphabet people say Григорий (Grigorij, official) or Галина (Galina, unofficial) to indicate the letter Г.

 

 

Common words with the letter Г

газ	gaz	gas
где	gdye	where
год	god	year
город	gorod	town / city
герой	geroy	hero
глаз	glaz	eye
газета	gazyeta	newspaper
голова	galava	our
голод	golod	hunger
голос	golos	voice
бог	bok	god

 

In various fonts

Calibri	Гг
Calibri Italic	Гг
Times New Roman	Гг
Mistral	Гг
Monotype Corsiva	Гг
Segoe Print	Гг
Comic Sans MS	Гг
Century Gothic	Гг

 

The word город (town or city) starts with the letter Г. On the picture you see Pskov, a medieval city in western Russia.