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Gy is a digraph of the Latin alphabet, used in Hungarian.

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1 Linguistics & Pronunciation
2 Usage
3 Examples
4 See also

Linguistics & Pronunciation

Gy is the thirteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, preceding h and following g. It represents a voiced palatal plosive /ɟ/. In Hungarian, the letter's name is gyé.

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
György = George
gyufa = match
agy = brain
ágy = bed
ügy = affair
hegy = mountain

v • d • e Latin alphabet
Digraphs	a’ aa ae ãe ah ai ãi ái aí aî am âm an än ân ån ão ao aq au äu aû aw ay 'b bb bd bh bp bz cg ch čh ci ck cn cö cs ct cu cz 'd dc dd dg dh dj dl dł dq dr dt dx dy dz dž dź dż e’ ea éa eá ee eh ei éi eî em ém êm en én ên ɛn eo eq eu eû ew ey ff fh gb gc ge gg gh għ gi gj gk gl gm gn gñ gq gr gu gü gw ǥw gx gy hh hj hl hm hn hs hu hw hx i’ ie ig ih ii ij il im ím in ín în io ío iq iu iú ix jh jj jö kg kh kj kk kl kn kp kr ku kw ḵw ky lh lj ll l·l ly mb mf mg mh ml mn mp mv n’ nb nc nd ng ńg ñg nh nj nk nn np nq nr ns nt nw nx ny nz o’ oa oe oê õe oh oi ói oí oî on om ôm ön ôn ɔn oo oq ou oû ow oy oŷ øy œu pf ph pl pn pp ps pt qg qh qu rd rh rl rn rr rs rt rz sc sç sh ſh si sj sk sl ss sv sy sz tc tg th ti tj tl tł tr ts tt tx ty tz u’ uc ue ug uh ui úi uí um úm un ún ün uo uq ur uu uw vh vv wh wr wu xg xh xi xö xu xw x̱w xy 'y yh yi yk ym yn yr yu yy zh zs zv zz
Trigraphs	aai abh adh aei agh aim ain aío amh aoi aon aou aoû aqh bhf c'h chh chj chs ddh dlh dsh dtc dzh dzv dzs eai eái eau ein eoi eqh geü ghj ghw gli gni guë güe gqh hhw hml hny idh igh ign ilh ill iqh iúi jyu khu khw lli nch ndl ndz ng’ ngb ngc ngg ngh ngk ngq ngw ngx nkc nkh nkp nkq nkx nph npl nqh nrh ntc nth ntl nts ntx nyh nyk nzv obh odh oen ogh oin oío omh ooi oqh plh qx’ rnd rrh sch sci sh' skj ssi sth stj tcg tch ths tlh tsg tsh tsj tsv tth txh tyh uío uqh urr xhw
Tetragraphs	abha adha agha aidh aigh amha chth dsch eabh eadh eamh eeuw eidh eigh ieuw illi gqx’ ndlh nplh ntsh ntxh nyng obha odha ogha oidh oigh omha ough phth thsh tsch
Pentagraphs	abhai adhai aghai amhai eabha eadha eamha eidhi eighi obhai odhai oghai oidhi oighi omhai tzsch
Hexagraphs	eabhai eadhai eamhai eidhea eighea oidhea oighea

Hungarian gy.html

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Linguistics & Pronunciation

Usage

Examples

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