abeceda

Czech

Etymology

From names of letters of the alphabet, a, be, ce, de.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈabɛt͡sɛda]

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• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Hyphenation: abe‧ce‧da

Noun

abeceda f (related adjective abecední)

1. alphabet
2. code (set of rules for converting information)

   Morseova abeceda ― Morse code

3. ABC (basic knowledge of any subject)

Declension

Declension of abeceda (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	abeceda	abecedy
genitive	abecedy	abeced
dative	abecedě	abecedám
accusative	abecedu	abecedy
vocative	abecedo	abecedy
locative	abecedě	abecedách
instrumental	abecedou	abecedami

Derived terms

• Lormova abeceda
• Morseova abeceda

 

Further reading

• “abeceda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “abeceda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “abeceda” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “abeceda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From names of letters of the alphabet, a, be, ce, de.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abet͡sěːda/
• Hyphenation: a‧be‧ce‧da

Noun

abecéda f (Cyrillic spelling абеце́да)

1. alphabet
2. (figuratively) rudiments

Declension

Declension of abeceda

	singular	plural
nominative	abeceda	abecede
genitive	abecede	abeceda
dative	abecedi	abecedama
accusative	abecedu	abecede
vocative	abecedo	abecede
locative	abecedi	abecedama
instrumental	abecedom	abecedama

References

• “abeceda”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

Etymology

From names of letters of the alphabet, a, be, ce, de.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈabet͡seda]

Noun

abeceda f

1. alphabet

Declension

Declension of abeceda

	singular	plural
nominative	abeceda	abecedy
genitive	abecedy	abecied
dative	abecede	abecedám
accusative	abecedu	abecedy
locative	abecede	abecedách
instrumental	abecedou	abecedami

Further reading

• “abeceda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From names of letters of the alphabet, a, bẹ̑, cẹ̑, dẹ̑.

Pronunciation

Pronunciation of abeceda

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [ˌabeˈt͡séːdà], SNPT: [abecẹ̑da] • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [ˌabeˈt͡seːda], SNPT: [abecéda]

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

Miscellaneous

• Rhymes: -eːda (éda) (non-tonal) • Hyphenation: abe‧ce‧da

Noun

abecẹ̑da f

1. alphabet
2. (expressive) The basic knowledge of a subject.

   Na tem tečaju boste spoznali abecedo prve pomoči.

   You will learn the basics of first aid in this course.

Inflection

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	abecẹ̑da
gen. sing.	abecẹ̑de
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	abecẹ̑da	abecẹ̑di	abecẹ̑de
genitive rodȋlnik	abecẹ̑de	abecẹ̑d	abecẹ̑d
dative dajȃlnik	abecẹ̑di	abecẹ̑dama	abecẹ̑dam
accusative tožȋlnik	abecẹ̑do	abecẹ̑di	abecẹ̑de
locative mẹ̑stnik	abecẹ̑di	abecẹ̑dah	abecẹ̑dah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	abecẹ̑do	abecẹ̑dama	abecẹ̑dami
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	abecẹ̑da	abecẹ̑di	abecẹ̑de

Synonyms

• (sense 1): alfabẹ̑t (literary), abc (obsolete)
• (sense 2): osnȏva

See also

• ázbuka

Further reading

• “abeceda”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “abeceda”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references