азбука
Belarusian edit
Etymology edit
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).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
а́збука • (ázbuka) f inan (genitive а́збукі, nominative plural а́збукі, genitive plural а́збук)
Declension edit
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | а́збука ázbuka |
а́збукі ázbuki |
| genitive | а́збукі ázbuki |
а́збук ázbuk |
| dative | а́збуцы ázbucy |
а́збукам ázbukam |
| accusative | а́збуку ázbuku |
а́збукі ázbuki |
| instrumental | а́збукай, а́збукаю ázbukaj, ázbukaju |
а́збукамі ázbukami |
| locative | а́збуцы ázbucy |
а́збуках ázbukax |
| count form | — | а́збукі1 ázbuki1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References edit
- “азбука” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
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).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
а́збука • (ázbuka) f (relational adjective а́збучен)
Declension edit
References edit
- “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), volumes 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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
азбука • (azbuka) f (relational adjective азбучен)
Declension edit
References edit
- азбука in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)
Russian edit
Etymology edit
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).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
а́збука • (ázbuka) f inan (genitive а́збуки, nominative plural а́збуки, genitive plural а́збук, relational adjective а́збучный, diminutive а́збучка)
- alphabet
- Synonym: алфави́т (alfavít)
- а́збука Мо́рзе ― ázbuka Mórzɛ ― Morse code
- а́збука Бра́йля ― ázbuka Brájlja ― Braille
- слогова́я а́збука ― slogovája ázbuka ― syllabary
- ABC book, abecedary; primer
- Synonym: буква́рь (bukvárʹ)
- ABC (the rudiments of any subject)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- → Ingrian: azbukka
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From initial names of the first letters of Cyrillic alphabet, az (а) and buki (б).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
а̀збука f (Latin spelling àzbuka)
- (uncountable) alphabet (based on the Cyrillic script)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “азбука” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Ukrainian edit
Etymology edit
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).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
а́збука • (ázbuka) f inan (genitive а́збуки, nominative plural а́збуки, genitive plural а́збук, relational adjective а́збучний)
- (dated) alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language), especially the old Cyrillic alphabet.
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- а́збучний (ázbučnyj)
- а́збучна війна́ (ázbučna vijná) (historical, proper noun)
Related terms edit
References edit
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “азбука”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “азбука”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “азбука”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)