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.

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
Declension of azbuka
singular
nominative azbuka
genitive azbuke
dative azbuci
accusative azbuku
vocative azbuko
locative azbuci
instrumental azbukom

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Russian а́збука (ázbuka).

Noun

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

  1. the Cyrillic alphabet

Declension
Declension of azbuka
singular plural
nominative azbuka azbuky
genitive azbuky azbúk
dative azbuke azbukám
accusative azbuku azbuky
locative azbuke azbukách
instrumental azbukou azbukami
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