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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *buky.
Noun
боукꙑ • (buky) f
- letter
- from the Luke 16:7:
приими боукъви твоѩ и напиши осмь десѧть- priimi bukŭvi tvoję i napiši osmĭ desętĭ
- Take your bill, and write eighty. (lit. "Take your letters, and write eighty", translating Greek γράμματα)
- from the Life of Constantine:
радъ идоу тамо, аще имоуть боукви въ ꙗзꙑкъ свои.- radŭ idu tamo, ašte imutĭ bukvi vŭ jazykŭ svoi.
- I will gladly go there if they have letters for their tongue.
- writing, book
Declension
Declension of боукꙑ (v-stem)
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