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Omega, ? ?, is a letter used in the early Cyrillic alphabet, descended from the Greek omega, O ?.
Unlike Greek, the Slavic languages had only a single /o/ sound, so omega was little used compared to the ordinary letter on, ? ?, descended from Greek omicron. In the older ustav writing Omega was used mainly for its numeric value of 800, and rarely appeared even in Greek words. In later semi-ustav manuscripts it was used for decorative purposes, along with a broad version, ? ?, as well as a broad on, ? ?.
Modern Church Slavonic has developed strict rules for the use of these letterforms.
Another variation of o is the ornate or beautiful omega, used as an interjection, “O!”. It is represented in Unicode 5.1 by the misnamed character omega with titlo, ? ?.
Ot (Cyrillic)
Ot, ? ?, is a ligature of the letters omega and te. It was sometimes used in Old Slavic, including Old Church Slavonic and Old East Slavic, to spell the preposition ??? (‘from’). This usage persists in modern Church Slavonic texts.
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