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OK, I see now that I confused the Э with the 3. Now I feel stupid. :ROFL:

Thanks for your help.

So it uses the э rather than the З? Aren't both of these a "Z" sound in English?

And yes, эльф meaning elf is exactly the word I'm looking for. Can you tell me why the first letter is silent?
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I'm new here but this seemed a good place to ask my question.

The Russian word ЗлЪф is usually transliterated into Roman letters as Zlf or Zl'f. Every Russian alphabet I have seen shows the first...