Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
long z en · NOUN
Meanings
(rare) Synonym of ezh, the letter Ʒ, ʒ.
They consist of the arrow-shaped mark applied above the ‘number’, one guillemet-shaped sign each to its left and right, and a zig-zag-shaped sign (resembling a ‘long z’, ʒ) below it. 2014, Jost Gippert, “New Perspectives of (Multi-)Spectral Manuscript Analysis”, in Christian Brockmann, Daniel Deckers, Lutz Koch, Stefano Valente, editors, Handschriften- und Textforschung heute. Zur Überlieferung der griechischen Literatur: Festschrift für Dieter Harlfinger aus Anlass seines 70. Geburtstages, Wiesbaden, page 172:
The rarest consonant sound in English is the one that linguists represent as /ʒ/, called ‘long z’ or simply ‘ezh’. 2010, R. L. Trask, “Why is English spelling so eccentric?”, in Why Do Languages Change?, Cambridge University Press, page 139: