Old East Slavic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *buky.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbukɯ//ˈbukɯ//ˈbukɯ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbukɯ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbukɯ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbukɯ/

  • Hyphenation: бу́‧кꙑ

Noun

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букꙑ (bukyf

  1. letter

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Russian: бу́ква (búkva), бу́ки (búki)
  • Ukrainian: бу́ква (búkva)

References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бꙋкꙑ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 192