ѳ

Letter

 * 1)  The letter fita (Russian ) or ). A consonantal letter intended to represent the Greek phoneme, which was approximated in Russian by . Replaced by the letter  in the spelling reform of 1917.

Usage notes

 * This letter was used in words of origin in cases where Russian  derived from Greek  rather than . For example,, , etc.
 * In some words the pronunciation had changed to under French and German influence. These were accordingly replaced with  instead of.