Djerv

For other uses, see Djerv (disambiguation).

Djerv, ꙉєрвъ (Early Cyrillic alphabet)
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	/dʑ/, /tɕ/
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Djerv (majuscule: Ꙉ, minuscule: ꙉ) is one of the Cyrillic alphabet letters that was used in Old Cyrillic. It was used in many early Serbian monuments to represent the sounds /dʑ/ and /tɕ/ (modern đ/ђ and ć/ћ). ^[1] It exists in the Cyrillic Extended-B table as U+A648 and U+A649. It is the basis of the modern letters Ћ and Ђ; the former was in fact a direct revival of djerv and was considered the same letter. ^[1]

Djerv is also commonly used in Serbian Cyrillic, where it was an officially used letter. When it was placed before the letters н and л it was represented for the sounds /ɲ/ and /ʎ/, which are represented by Њ and Љ today, respectively.

It can be transliterated as Ǵ. ^[2]

Spelling Reforms and forming of the letters Ћ and Ђ

Serbian Cyrillic script, with djerv. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 16th century

The letter Ђ was formed in 1818 by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić after several proposals of reforming Djerv by Lukijan Mušicki and Gligorije Geršić. ^{[3] [4] [1]} However the letter Ћ (also based on djerv) was first used by Dositej Obradović in a direct reform of djerv. ^{[5] [6]}

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	Ꙉ		ꙉ
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DJERV		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DJERV
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	42568	U+A648	42569	U+A649
UTF-8	234 153 136	EA 99 88	234 153 137	EA 99 89
Numeric character reference	Ꙉ	Ꙉ	ꙉ	ꙉ

References

1. Maretić, Tomislav. Gramatika i stilistika hrvatskoga ili srpskoga književnog jezika, p. 14-15. 1899.
2. Lunt, Horace (1974). Old Church Slavonic Grammar. The Hague: Mouton. p. 16.
3. Lalević, Miodrag S. (1953). Potsetnik iz srpskohrvatskog jezika i pravopisa: s pravopisnim i jezičkim savetnikom. Rad. p. 75. Облик му је у Вуковој азбуци дао песник Лукијан Мушицки
4. Петар Ђорђић. Историја српске ћирилице. Београд, 1971.
5. Maretić, Tomislav. Gramatika i stilistika hrvatskoga ili srpskoga književnog jezika. 1899.
6. Campbell, George L.; Moseley, Christopher (2013-05-07). The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets. Routledge. p. 85. ISBN   978-1-135-22296-3.