azbuka

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English

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Etymology

From Slavic languages, especially using the Cyrillic script, compare Russian а́збука (ázbuka) (also Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian), from the first Old Church Slavonic letter names аз (az) and буки (búki) (compare Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) = ἄλφα (álpha) + βῆτα (bêta) or Persian الف (alef) + باء (bâ')), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, *buky.

Noun

azbuka

  1. The Cyrillic alphabet.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian а́збука (ázbuka).

Pronunciation

Noun

azbuka f

  1. the Cyrillic alphabet

Declension

Declension of azbuka (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative azbuka azbuky
genitive azbuky azbuk
dative azbuce azbukám
accusative azbuku azbuky
vocative azbuko azbuky
locative azbuce azbukách
instrumental azbukou azbukami

Further reading

  • azbuka in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • azbuka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • azbuka in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • azbuka in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From initial names of the first letters of Cyrillic alphabet, az (а) and buki (б).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎzbuka/
  • Hyphenation: az‧bu‧ka

Noun

àzbuka f (Cyrillic spelling а̀збука)

  1. (uncountable) alphabet (based on the Cyrillic script)

Declension

Declension of azbuka
singular
nominative azbuka
genitive azbuke
dative azbuci
accusative azbuku
vocative azbuko
locative azbuci
instrumental azbukom

Further reading

  • “azbuka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian а́збука (ázbuka).

Pronunciation

Noun

azbuka f (genitive singular azbuky, nominative plural azbuky, genitive plural azbúk, declension pattern of žena)

  1. the Cyrillic alphabet

Declension

Declension of azbuka
singular plural
nominative azbuka azbuky
genitive azbuky azbúk
dative azbuke azbukám
accusative azbuku azbuky
locative azbuke azbukách
instrumental azbukou azbukami

Further reading

  • “azbuka”, 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
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