альфабет
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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin alphabētum (“alphabet”), from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos), from ἄλφα (álpha, “alpha”) and βήτα (bḗta, “beta”) (the names of the first two letters in the Greek alphabet). Doublet of алфа́ві́т (alfávít).
Compare Ukrainian алфабет (alfabet) (1627), алфабетумъ (alfabetum) (17th century), Polish alfabet, Bulgarian алфабе́т (alfabét), Serbo-Croatian alfàbēt, Slovene alfabét.
Pronunciation
Noun
альфабе́т • (alʹfabét) m inan (genitive альфабе́ту, nominative plural альфабе́ти, genitive plural альфабе́тів)
- (before-1933 spelling) alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language), especially the Latin alphabet.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | альфабе́т alʹfabét |
альфабе́ти alʹfabéty |
| genitive | альфабе́ту alʹfabétu |
альфабе́тів alʹfabétiv |
| dative | альфабе́тові, альфабе́ту alʹfabétovi, alʹfabétu |
альфабе́там alʹfabétam |
| accusative | альфабе́т alʹfabét |
альфабе́ти alʹfabéty |
| instrumental | альфабе́том alʹfabétom |
альфабе́тами alʹfabétamy |
| locative | альфабе́ті alʹfabéti |
альфабе́тах alʹfabétax |
| vocative | альфабе́те alʹfabéte |
альфабе́ти alʹfabéty |
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References
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “альфабет”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka