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by an apostrophe, as buď, han’, leť, rozpáty, dás, tópan, pocitúgi.
The characteristic letters of the bohemian alphabet are
| č | pronounced | ch | as in | church, |
| ss or ś | … | sh | … | shall, |
| ź | … | z | … | azure.[1] |
Like all of the slavonian languages it has a great number of sibilants, and, independently of the many words in which the letter s with its modifications is found, it is curious to trace how it has given the hissing character to words of greek, latin, and teutonic origin, in which it is wholly wanting; as, for example, zyma χειμα (hyems); žluč, χολη; plece, πλαται; zrno, granum; ljzati, lingo; praziti, frigere; urdce, herz; čepice, kappe; celiti, heilen, &c. The letter f is wanting to its alphabet. Dobrowsky very ingeniously remarks, that the slavonians were exceedingly disposal to
- ↑ The bohemians and moravians have also the r’, an r pronounced with the assistance of the tongue and the teeth;
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