азбука

• IPA^(key): /ˈazbukə/

а́збука • (ázbuka) f

1. alphabet

• алфавит (alfavit)

азбука • (azbuka) f

1. alphabet

Inherited from Old East Slavic азъбукы (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 ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbʊkə]

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

1. alphabet

   а́збука Мо́рзе ― ázbuka Mórzɛ ― Morse code

   а́збука Бра́йля ― ázbuka Brájlja ― Braille

   слогова́я а́збука ― slogovája ázbuka ― syllabary

2. ABC book, abecedary; primer
3. ABC (the rudiments of any subject)

• (alphabet): алфави́т (alfavít)
• (ABC book): буква́рь (bukvárʹ)
• (the rudiments of any subject): 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), following the example of Greek ἀλφάβητος (ἀlfávitos).

Attested 1627, compare язъбука (jazʺbuka) (17–18th century).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑzbʊkɐ]

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

1. (dated) alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language), especially the old Cyrillic alphabet.

• абетка (abetka)
• абетло (abetlo) (dialectal)
• алфавіт (alfavit)
• альфабет (alʹfabet)

• азбучний (azbučnyj)
• азбучна війна (azbučna vijna) (historical, proper noun)

• аз (az)
• буква (bukva)

• Melʹnyčuk O. S., editor (1982–2012), “азбука”, in Etymolohičnyj slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kiev: Naukova Dumka
• азбука in Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka