 		]
 
 
-	# Interpreted text role
-	role:
-		name: "meta.interpreted-role.restructuredtext"
+	# `Interpreted text`, enclosed by backticks
+	"interpreted-text":
+		patterns: [
+			{include: "#interpreted-text-marked"}
+			{include: "#interpreted-text-unmarked"}
+		]
+
+	# :role:`Multi-line interpreted text` with a leading role marker
+	"interpreted-text-marked":
+		name: "meta.interpreted-text.marked.leading-marker.restructuredtext"
 		begin: "(?x)
 			(?:^|(?<=[-:/'\"<\x28\\\x5B{\\s«»༺⟬⟮⸠⸡⸢⸤⸦⸨‚„‟‛])|(?<![\\x00-\\x9F])(?<=[\\p{Ps}\\p{Pi}\\p{Pf}\\p{Pd}\\p{Po}]))
 			((:)\\w+(?:[-_.:+]\\w+)*+(:))

		patterns: [{
			begin: "\\G`"
			end:   "(?=^\\s*$)|`(?=$|[-.,:;!?\\\\/'\"\x29\\\x5D}>\\s«»༻⟭⟯⸡⸠⸣⸥⸧⸩‚„‟‛]|(?![\\x00-\\x9F])[\\p{Pe}\\p{Pi}\\p{Pf}\\p{Pd}\\p{Po}])"
			beginCaptures: 0: name: "punctuation.definition.role.body.begin.restructuredtext"
			endCaptures:   0: name: "punctuation.definition.role.body.end.restructuredtext"
			patterns: [
				{include: "#role-abbr"}
				{include: "#role-code"}
				{include: "#role-command"}
				{include: "#role-dfn"}
				{include: "#role-emphasis"}
				{include: "#role-file"}
				{include: "#role-guilabel"}
				{include: "#role-html"}
				{include: "#role-kbd"}
				{include: "#role-literal"}
				{include: "#role-mailheader"}
				{include: "#role-makevar"}
				{include: "#role-manpage"}
				{include: "#role-math"}
				{include: "#role-mimetype"}
				{include: "#role-newsgroup"}
				{include: "#role-numref"}
				{include: "#role-numreg"}
				{include: "#role-ref"}
				{include: "#role-regexp"}
				{include: "#role-samp"}
				{include: "#role-strong"}
				{include: "#role-subscript"}
				{include: "#role-superscript"}
				{include: "#role-term"}
				{include: "#role-titleref"}
				{include: "#role-other"}
			]
		}]


	# Abbreviation — “:abbr:`FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)`”

			{include: "#quoted"}
			{include: "#emphasis"}
			{include: "#link-target-inline"}
			{include: "#interpreted-text"}
			{include: "#substitution"}
			{include: "#literal"}
			{include: "#link-reference"}
