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буква

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Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bùky.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbukva]
  • Rhymes: -ukva
  • Hyphenation: бук‧ва

Noun

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бу́ква (búkvaf inan (genitive бу́квы, nominative plural бу́квы, genitive plural бу́кваў)

  1. (rare) letter (a written alphabetic character that usually denotes a particular sound of a language)
    Synonym: (more common) лі́тара (lítara)

Declension

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References

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  • буква” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

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буква

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbukvɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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бу́ква (búkvaf

  1. letter, character (of the alphabet)
  2. key (of a typewriter, keyboard etc.)
  3. (printing) type, lettering

Declension

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References

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  • буква”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • буква”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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буква (bukvaf (plural букви, relational adjective буквален, diminutive буквичка or буквиче)

  1. letter

Declension

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Declension of буква
singular plural
indefinite буква (bukva) букви (bukvi)
definite unspecified буквата (bukvata) буквите (bukvite)
definite proximal буквава (bukvava) буквиве (bukvive)
definite distal буквана (bukvana) буквине (bukvine)
vocative букво (bukvo) букви (bukvi)

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  • буква in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Russian

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Russian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ru

Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic бꙋкꙑ (buky), from Proto-Slavic *buky. Doublet of бу́ки (búki).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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бу́ква (búkvaf inan (genitive бу́квы, nominative plural бу́квы, genitive plural букв, relational adjective бу́квенный, diminutive бу́квочка or бу́ковка)

  1. letter (a symbol in an alphabet)
    Synonym: (dated) ли́тера (lítera)
    бу́ква зако́наbúkva zakónathe letter of the law

Declension

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Derived terms

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Phrases
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Borrowed

Descendants

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  • Ingrian: bukva
  • Polish: bukwa
  • Skolt Sami: bukva

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky. Related to базга. Possible cognate with German Buche.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bûkʋa/
  • Hyphenation: бук‧ва

Noun

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бу̏ква f (Latin spelling bȕkva)

  1. European beech (Fagus sylvatica)
  2. (plural only) Fagaceae (family)

Declension

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References

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  • буква”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic бꙋкꙑ (buky), from Proto-Slavic *buky.

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Noun

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бу́ква (búkvaf inan (genitive бу́кви, nominative plural бу́кви, genitive plural букв, relational adjective бу́квений)

  1. letter (a symbol in an alphabet)
    Synonym: лі́тера (lítera)

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