# ś

| ś | U+015B, &#347; LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH ACUTE |
| Composition: | s [U+0073] + ◌́ [U+0301] |
| ← Ś [U+015A] | Latin Extended-A | Ŝ → [U+015C] |

## Translingual
### Letter

ś (upper case Ś)
* (NAPA) a voiceless alveopalatal fricative (IPA [ɕ]).
* (UPA) a palatalized s sound (IPA [sʲ]).
* (IAST, international standards) transliterates Sanskrit श (or equivalent).
* (SPA) represents voiceless alveopalatal fricative (IPA [ɕ]).
* A transliteration of a palatalized s in the Lydian language
* In Proto-Semitic, a reconstructed voiceless lateral fricative phoneme, the parent phoneme of Ge'ez Śawt (ሠ).
* A sibilant phoneme of the earliest phase of the Sumerian language.
* A transliteration of a letter of the Etruscan alphabet, related to San and Tsade.

## Belarusian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sʲ]

### Letter

ś (upper case Ś)
* A letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## Lower Sorbian
### Alternative forms

* ſch (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɕ/

### Letter

ś (upper case Ś)
* The twenty-seventh letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called śej and written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
* (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṕ ṕ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ

## Polish
### Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and ś for development of the glyph itself.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɕi/

### Letter

ś (upper case Ś, lower case)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Polish alphabet, called si and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

## Romani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (International Standard) /ʃ/, (Pan-Vlax) /ɕ/

### Letter

ś (lower case, upper case Ś)
* (International Standard) The twenty-fifth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: (Pan-Vlax) š
* (Pan-Vlax) Used to represent a dialectal pronunciation of čh.
    Synonym: (International Standard) ćh

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

### References

* Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “Ś, ś”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 14

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɕ/

### Letter

ś (upper case Ś)
* (Montenegro) A letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## Silesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɕ/
* Audio:(file)
* Syllabification: ś

### Etymology 1

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and ś for development of the glyph itself.

#### Letter

ś (lower case, upper case Ś)
* The twenty-seventh letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ã ã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

### Etymology 2
#### Preposition

ś
* Alternative form of z

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɕ/

### Letter

ś (upper case Ś)
* A letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, written in the Latin script.