Soft sign
Soft sign (мягкий знак) is the Cyrillic letter 'ь'. It is named so because in modern Russian writing it often indicates softening, or palatalization, of the preceding consonant.
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See also: hard sign
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Soft sign (мягкий знак) is the Cyrillic letter 'ь'. It is named so because in modern Russian writing it often indicates softening, or palatalization, of the preceding consonant.
See also: hard sign
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