Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic азъбукꙑ (azŭbuky); borrowed from Old Church Slavonic азъбоукꙑ (azŭbuky), from the names of the first two letters of the Cyrillic alphabet, азъ (azŭ) +‎ боукꙑ (buky), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈazbuka]
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Noun

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а́збука (ázbukaf inan (genitive а́збукі, nominative plural а́збукі, genitive plural а́збук)

  1. alphabet
    Synonym: алфаві́т (alfavít)

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

Bulgarian

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Българска азбука

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Church Slavonic азъбоукꙑ (azŭbuky), from the names of the first two letters of the Cyrillic alphabet, азъ (azŭ) +‎ боукꙑ (buky), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).

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а́збука (ázbukaf (relational adjective а́збучен)

  1. alphabet
    Synonyms: (archaic) алфави́та (alfavíta), (archaic) алфави́т (alfavít)
    Бъ́лгарската а́збукаBǎ́lgarskata ázbukaThe Bulgarian alphabet

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References

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  • азбука”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • азбука”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “а̀збука”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
  • азбука”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 20

Macedonian

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Noun

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азбука (azbukaf (relational adjective азбучен)

  1. alphabet

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

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic азъбукꙑ (azŭbuky); borrowed from Old Church Slavonic азъбоукꙑ (azŭbuky), from the names of the first two letters of the Cyrillic alphabet, азъ (azŭ) +‎ боукꙑ (buky), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).

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а́збука (ázbukaf inan (genitive а́збуки, nominative plural а́збуки, genitive plural а́збук, relational adjective а́збучный, diminutive а́збучка)

  1. alphabet
    Synonym: алфави́т (alfavít)
    а́збука Мо́рзеázbuka MórzɛMorse code
    а́збука Бра́йляázbuka BrájljaBraille
    слогова́я а́збукаslogovája ázbukasyllabary
  2. ABC book, abecedary; primer
    Synonym: буква́рь (bukvárʹ)
  3. ABC (the rudiments of any subject)
    Synonyms: осно́вы (osnóvy), азы́ (azý)

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  • Ingrian: azbukka

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /ǎzbuka/
  • Hyphenation: аз‧бу‧ка

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а̀збука f (Latin spelling àzbuka)

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

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Created in Old East Slavic following азъбукы (azŭbuky), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic азъбоукꙑ (azŭbuky), formed from the names of the first two letters in the Cyrillic alphabet, азъ (azŭ) + боукꙑ (buky), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).

Attested 1627, compare язъбука (jazʺbuka) (17–18th century).

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а́збука (ázbukaf inan (genitive а́збуки, nominative plural а́збуки, genitive plural а́збук, relational adjective а́збучний)

  1. (dated) alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language), especially the old Cyrillic alphabet.
    Synonyms: алфаві́т (alfavít), альфабе́т (alʹfabét), абе́тка (abétka), (dialectal) абе́тло (abétlo)

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