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Creates a háček (caron) diacritical mark above a letter, commonly used in Czech, Slovak, and other Slavic languages.

Overview

Essential for accurate typesetting of texts in various Central and Eastern European languages where the háček diacritic indicates a change in pronunciation.

  • Frequently used in linguistic and philological documents
  • Applies to consonants and vowels in languages like Czech (č, š, ž)
  • Part of the standard LaTeX diacritical mark commands
  • Can be applied to any letter using the command structure \v{letter}

Examples

Using the háček (caron) accent to write the Czech word 'pět' (five).

peˇtp\v{e}t 
p\v{e}t

Demonstrating the háček accent in Slovak name 'Dvořák'.

DvorˇaˊkDvo\v{r}\'{a}k 
Dvo\v{r}\'{a}k

Writing the Croatian word 'čovjek' (human) with proper diacritics.

cˇovjek\v{c}ovjek 
\v{c}ovjek