азбука

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).

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbuka]

а́збука • (ázbuka) f inan (genitive а́збукі, nominative plural а́збукі, genitive plural а́збук)

1. alphabet

   Synonym: алфаві́т (alfavít)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbʊkə]

а́збука • (ázbuka) f

1. alphabet

   Synonym: алфави́та (alfavíta)

• азбука in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• азбука in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbuka]

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азбука • (azbuka) f (related adjective азбучен)

1. alphabet

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

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).

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbʊkə]

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а́збука • (ázbuka) f inan (genitive а́збуки, nominative plural а́збуки, genitive plural а́збук, related adjective а́збучный, diminutive а́збучка)

1. alphabet

   а́збука Мо́рзе ― ázbuka Mórzɛ ― Morse code

   а́збука Бра́йля ― ázbuka Brájlja ― Braille

   слогова́я а́збука ― slogovája ázbuka ― syllabary

   Synonym: алфави́т (alfavít)

2. ABC book, abecedary; primer

   Synonym: буква́рь (bukvárʹ)

3. ABC (the rudiments of any subject)

   Synonyms: осно́вы (osnóvy), азы́ (azý)

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

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

а̀збука f (Latin spelling àzbuka)

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

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).

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbʊkɐ]

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а́збука • (ázbuka) f inan (genitive а́збуки, nominative plural а́збуки, genitive plural а́збук)

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)

• а́збучний (ázbučnyj)
• а́збучна війна́ (ázbučna vijná) (historical, proper noun)

• аз (az)
• буква (bukva)

• 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)