bukva

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Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech bukev, bukva, bukvě, from Proto-Slavic *buky.

Pronunciation

Noun

bukva f

  1. (rare) (Cyrillic) letters
    Synonym: písmeno
    ruské bukvy(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Further reading

  • bukva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • bukva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Ingrian

Bukvat.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian буква (bukva).

Pronunciation

Noun

bukva

  1. letter
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:
      Pitän vokalan möö merkitsemmä kahel samanlaajaiseel bukvaal.
      We signify long vowels with two equal letters.

Declension

Declension of bukva (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative bukva bukvat
genitive bukvan bukvoin
partitive bukvaa bukvoja
illative bukvaa bukvoi
inessive bukvaas bukvois
elative bukvast bukvoist
allative bukvalle bukvoille
adessive bukvaal bukvoil
ablative bukvalt bukvoilt
translative bukvaks bukvoiks
essive bukvanna, bukvaan bukvoinna, bukvoin
exessive1) bukvant bukvoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 434

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bûkʋa/
  • Hyphenation: buk‧va

Noun

bȕkva f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ква)

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

Declension

References

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

Skolt Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бу́ква (búkva).

Noun

bukva

  1. letter (symbol of an alphabet)

Inflection

Inflection
Nominative bukva
Genitive bukva
singular plural
Nominative bukva bukva
Accusative bukva bukvaid
Genitive bukva bukvai
Illative bukvaaʹje
bukva
bukvaid
Locative bukvast bukvain
Comitative bukvain bukvaivuiʹm
Abessive bukvatää
bukvataa
bukvaitää
bukvaitaa
Essive bukvan
Partitive bukvad

Slovene

Pronunciation

Noun

bȗkva f

  1. Alternative form of búkev

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. búkva
gen. sing. búkve
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
búkva búkvi búkve
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
búkve búkev búkev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
búkvi búkvama búkvam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
búkvo búkvi búkve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
búkvi búkvah búkvah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
búkvo búkvama búkvami