azbuka

English

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈazbuka]
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Hyphenation: az‧bu‧ka

Noun

azbuka f

  1. the Cyrillic alphabet

Declension

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

Further reading

  • azbuka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian а́збука (ázbuka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈazbuka]

Noun

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

  1. the Cyrillic alphabet

Declension

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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