буква

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bùky.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbukva]
• Rhymes: -ukva
• Hyphenation: бук‧ва

бу́ква • (búkva) f inan (genitive бу́квы, nominative plural бу́квы, genitive plural бу́кваў)

1. (rare) letter (a written alphabetic character that usually denotes a particular sound of a language)

   Synonym: (more common) лі́тара (lítara)

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbukvɐ]

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бу́ква • (búkva) f

1. letter, character (of the alphabet)
2. key (of a typewriter, keyboard etc.)
3. (printing) type, lettering

• “буква”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “буква”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbukva]

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буква • (bukva) f (plural букви, relational adjective буквален, diminutive буквичка or буквиче)

1. letter

• азбука f (azbuka)
• самогласка f (samoglaska)
• согласка f (soglaska)

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

Inherited from Old East Slavic бꙋкꙑ (buky), from Proto-Slavic *buky. Doublet of бу́ки (búki).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbukvə]

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бу́ква • (búkva) f inan (genitive бу́квы, nominative plural бу́квы, genitive plural букв, relational adjective бу́квенный, diminutive бу́квочка or бу́ковка)

1. letter (a symbol in an alphabet)

   Synonym: (dated) ли́тера (lítera)

   бу́ква зако́на ― búkva zakóna ― the letter of the law

Compound words:

• буквое́д m anim (bukvojéd)

Compounds:

• бу́ква зако́на f (búkva zakóna)
• с большо́й бу́квы (s bolʹšój búkvy)
• три бу́квы (tri búkvy)
  • три весёлых бу́квы (tri vesjólyx búkvy)

Phrases

• посла́ть на три бу́квы pf (poslátʹ na tri búkvy), посыла́ть на три бу́квы impf (posylátʹ na tri búkvy)
• слать на три бу́квы impf (slatʹ na tri búkvy)

Borrowed

Derived from German Buch:

• → Ingrian: bukva
• → Polish: bukwa
• → Skolt Sami: bukva

• Appendix:Russian alphabet

• Russian script letters: бу́квы (búkvy) (alphabet appendix): А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я ^[edit]

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “буква”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky. Related to базга. Possible cognate with German Buche.

• IPA^(key): /bûkʋa/
• Hyphenation: бук‧ва

бу̏ква f (Latin spelling bȕkva)

1. European beech (Fagus sylvatica)
2. (plural only) Fagaceae (family)

• “буква”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Old East Slavic бꙋкꙑ (buky), from Proto-Slavic *buky.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbukʋɐ]

• Audio:

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бу́ква • (búkva) f inan (genitive бу́кви, nominative plural бу́кви, genitive plural букв, relational adjective бу́квений)

1. letter (a symbol in an alphabet)

   Synonym: лі́тера (lítera)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “буква”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “буква”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)