альфабет

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

  • IPA(key): [ɐlʲfɐˈbɛt]
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Noun

альфабе́т • (alʹfabét) m inan (genitive альфабе́ту, nominative plural альфабе́ти, genitive plural альфабе́тів)

  1. (dated, rare) alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language), especially the Latin alphabet.

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References

  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “альфабет”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
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