буква

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky.

Pronunciation

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Noun

бу́ква • (búkva) f inan (genitive бу́квы, nominative plural бу́квы, genitive plural бу́кваў)

1. (rare) letter (a symbol in an alphabet)

   Synonym: (more common) лі́тара (lítara)

Declension

References

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

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky.

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Noun

бу́ква • (búkva) f

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

Declension

References

• “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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky.

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Noun

буква • (bukva) f (plural букви, relational adjective буквален, diminutive буквичка or буквиче)

1. letter

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• азбука f (azbuka)
• самогласка f (samoglaska)
• согласка f (soglaska)

References

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

Russian

Etymology

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

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Noun

бу́ква • (búkva) f 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 зако́на ― búkva zakóna ― the letter of the law

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

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

See also

• Appendix:Russian alphabet
• (Russian script letters) буква; А (A)/а (a), Б (B)/б (b), В (V)/в (v), Г (G)/г (g), Д (D)/д (d), Е (Je)/е (je), Ё (Jo)/ё (jo), Ж (Ž)/ж (ž), З (Z)/з (z), И (I)/и (i), Й (J)/й (j), К (K)/к (k), Л (L)/л (l), М (M)/м (m), Н (N)/н (n), О (O)/о (o), П (P)/п (p), Р (R)/р (r), С (S)/с (s), Т (T)/т (t), У (U)/у (u), Ф (F)/ф (f), Х (X)/х (x), Ц (C)/ц (c), Ч (Č)/ч (č), Ш (Š)/ш (š), Щ (Šč)/щ (šč), Ъ/ъ, Ы (Y)/ы (y), Ь (ʹ)/ь (ʹ), Э (E)/э (e), Ю (Ju)/ю (ju), Я (Ja)/я (ja)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

бу̏ква f (Latin spelling bȕkva)

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

Declension

References

• “буква” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Ukrainian

Etymology

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

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Noun

бу́ква • (búkva) f inan (genitive бу́кви, nominative plural бу́кви, genitive plural букв, relational adjective бу́квений)

1. letter (a symbol in an alphabet)

   Synonym: лі́тера (lítera)

Declension

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “буква”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “буква”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)