Eta

This airticle is aboot the Greek letter. For ither uises, see ETA (disambiguation).

Greek alphabet
Αα Alpha Νν Nu Ββ Beta Ξξ Xi Γγ Gamma Οο Omicron Δδ Delta Ππ Pi Εε Epsilon Ρρ Rho Ζζ Zeta Σσς Sigma Ηη Eta Ττ Tau Θθ Theta Υυ Upsilon Ιι Iota Φφ Phi Κκ Kappa Χχ Chi Λλ Lambda Ψψ Psi Μμ Mu Ωω Omega
Historie
Airchaic local variants Diacritics Ligatures Numerals ϛ (6) ϟ (90) ϡ (900)
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Eta (uppercase Η, lawercase η; Greek: Ήτα Ēta) is the seivent letter o the Greek alphabet. Oreeginally denotin a consonant /h/, its soond value in the classical Attic dialect o Auncient Greek wis a lang vowel [ɛː], raised tae [i] in medieval Greek, a process kent as iotacism.

In the seestem o Greek numerals it haes a value o 8. It wis derivit frae the Phoenicie letter heth . Letters that arose frae Eta include the Laitin H an the Cyrillic letter И.