Syriac alphabet
In the Syriac alphabet, the fourth letter is — in western pronunciation, and in eastern pronunciation (). It is one of six letters that represents two associated sounds (the others are bet, gimel, kaph, pe and taw). When daled/dolath has a hard pronunciation ("qûššāyâ") it is a . When it has a soft pronunciation ("rûkkāḵâ") it is traditionally pronounced as a . The letter is very common in Syriac as it is often attached to the beginning of words as the relative pronoun.