Ot (Cyrillic)

Ot (Ѿ ѿ; italics: Ѿ ѿ) is a letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet. Though it originated as a ligature of the letters Omega (Ѡ ѡ) and Te (Т т), it functions as a discrete letter of the alphabet, placed between х and ц.^[1] This can be seen in the first printed Cyrillic abecedarium (illustrated), and continues in modern usage.^[2]

Writing systemCyrillic

TypeAlphabetic

Sound values/ɔt̪/

InUnicodeU+047E, U+047F

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Ot
Ѿ ѿ
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	/ɔt̪/
In Unicode	U+047E, U+047F
History
Development	Ѡ ѡ Ѿ ѿ
Other
Associated numbers	800 (Cyrillic numerals)
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Ot is used in Church Slavonic to represent the preposition отъ 'from' and prefix отъ-. It does not stand for this sequence of letters in any other context, nor can the sequence отъ be substituted for it where it does occur. It is used with a similar purpose in mediaeval manuscripts of other Slavonic languages written with the Cyrillic alphabet. In printed books ѿ is often used in preference to (ѡ҃) for the numeral 800.