Discover

Contents

Linguistics & Pronunciation

Usage

Examples

Linguistics & Pronunciation

'Gy' is the thirteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, preceding H and succeeding G. It represents a voiced palatal plosive . In Hungarian, the letter's name is "dyay."

Usage

This is the only way it is used in Hungarian. In Hungarian, even if two characters are put together to make a different sound, they are considered one letter, and acronyms keep the letter intact.

Examples

:These examples are Hungarian words that use the letter 'gy', with the English translation.

★ 'gyám' = ''guardian''

★ 'gyep' = ''lawn''

★ 'gyík' = ''lizard''

★ 'gyom' = ''weed''

★ 'gyufa' = ''match''

★ 'agy' = ''brain''

★ 'ágy' = ''bed''

★ 'ügy' = ''affair''

★ 'hegy'=''mountain''