◌̆

◌̆

1. (IPA) A short sound.

   Length marking is short ⟨ă⟩, default ⟨a⟩, half-long ⟨aˑ⟩, long ⟨aː⟩, over-long ⟨aːː⟩.

   With a consonant, may be used to indicate a tap: e.g. ⟨ɢ̆ ʡ̆ ʎ̆ ʟ̆ n̆⟩.

2. (UPA) Short vowel (e.g. ă) or consonant (e.g. t̆ ); cf. superscripting for extra-short ᵃ, ᵗ.

   Synonym: ◌͐

3. (Cyrillic) Marks several letters, including й, ў, ӂ, ӑ, ӗ.

◌̆

1. (lexicography) The breve, used to mark a vowel letter as having its 'short' sound: ⟨ă⟩ /æ/, ⟨ĕ⟩ /ɛ/, ⟨ĭ⟩ /ɪ/, ⟨ŏ⟩ /ɒ/, ⟨ŭ⟩ /ʌ/.
2. (poetry) Placed over a vowel letter to indicate that the syllable is short. Also used alone to mark a syllable without stress in a metrical foot or verse: see ⟨˘⟩.

• (lexicography): ⟨◌͝◌⟩ is used for the digraph oo.
• (poetry): ⟨◌̄⟩ is used for a long vowel/syllable.

◌̆

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called hoketo (“hooklet”) in Esperanto, and found on Ŭ/ŭ.

◌̆

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called căciulă (“fur hat”) in Romanian, and found on Ă/ă.

◌̆

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called dấu trăng (“moon mark”) in Vietnamese, and found on Ă/ă, Ằ/ằ, Ẳ/ẳ, Ẵ/ẵ, Ắ/ắ and Ặ/ặ.