q (regular)

> q (regular)

Image:

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» 1. [File] Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote [1384 x 1406], f. 249r
» 2. [File] Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512 [s. xv – s. xviⁱⁿ], f. 33ra

Letter(s) displayed:

<q>

(base form in image, without marks, as it may appear to the untrained eye)

Represents in Irish:

cu / cú

(in the scribe's mind or in normalised spelling)

Represents in Latin:

q

(in the scribe's mind or in normalised spelling)

Appearance

Build type:

Component

Position:

Baseline

Type of symbol:

Alphabetic letter

Letter case:

minuscule

Has allograph(s):

>		q (allograph open)
		Represents: » » Notational device: Allograph » Allograph of: q (regular)

Meaning

Represents:

» In Irish: cu / cú
» In Latin: q

Type of unit:

» Part of a word » Lexical item

Lexical class:

noun

Provenance

See also

Examples in context:

Examples in other contexts, if available

>		acu (example)
		Represents: » acu (Irish) » aq (Latin)

>

ar (q with stroke through descender)

Represents: » ar (Irish) » quia, quam, quod, qu() (Latin) » Notational device: Baseline symbol

examples in context
	air
	are, que(?)
	arr
	arus
	iarum, íarum, íarom, íaram, iaramh
	tarb

>		arr (double stroke)
		Represents: » arr (Irish) » Notational device: Subscript symbol

>		chucu (example)
		Represents: » chucu (Irish)

>		quam (q with wavy cross stroke)
		Represents: » quam (Latin) » Notational device: Baseline symbol

>		quando (example)
		Represents: » cunn, cun() (Irish) » quando, qn() (Latin)

>

que (digraph)

Represents: » ce (Irish) » que (Latin) » Notational device: Digraph

examples in context
	uisce

>

quo (q with superscript o)

Represents: » quo (Latin) » Notational device: Superscript letter

examples in context
	a quo

>		quod (q with curved stroke)
		Represents: » ar (Irish) » quod (Latin) » Notational device: Baseline symbol

>		quod est (example)
		Represents: » quod est (Latin)

Entries related in meaning:

Possible equivalents matching one of the values in the transcription above, if available

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