альфабет

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alphabētum (alphabet), from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos), from ἄλφα (álpha, alpha) and βήτα (bḗta, beta) (the names of the first two letters in the Greek alphabet).

Compare Ukrainian алфабет (alfabet) (1627), алфабетумъ (alfabetumъ) (17th century), Polish alfabet, Bulgarian алфабет (alfabét), Serbo-Croatian алфа̀бе̄т (alfabet), Slovene alfabét.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐlʲfɐˈbɛt]

Noun

альфабе́т (alʹfabét) m inan (genitive альфабе́ту, nominative plural альфабе́ти)

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

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References

  • Melʹnyčuk O. S., editor (1982–2012), альфабет”, in Etymolohičnyj slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kiev: Naukova Dumka
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