—utilised as being a purpose word in advance of a proper noun to tell apart the affliction of the referent from a regular, former, or hypothetical afflictionInside the International Phonetic Alphabet, ⟨a⟩ is used for the open entrance unrounded vowel, ⟨ä⟩ is useful for the open central unrounded vowel, and ⟨ɑ⟩ is useful for the open