бꙋкꙑ

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

боукꙑ (buky)
бъкъвь (bŭkŭvĭ)
бꙋква (bukva), боуква (bukva)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *buky.

Noun

бꙋкꙑ (buky) f

letter

Descendants

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

References

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]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 192

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