в

From early Cyrillic letter vědě.

в (lower case, upper case В)

1. The 3rd letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

• v (Latin alphabet)

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /w/; (in Russian borrowings) IPA^(key): /v/

в • (v) (lower case в)

1. The third letter of the Bashkir alphabet

• (Cyrillic-script letters) хәреф (xäref); А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Ғ ғ (Ğ ğ), Д д (D d), Ҙ ҙ (Đ ð), Е е (Ye ye), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (Y y), К к (K k), Ҡ ҡ (Q q), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Ң ң (Ñ ñ), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Ҫ ҫ (Θ θ), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Х х (X x), Һ һ (H h), Ц ц (Ts ts), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Šč šč), Ъ ъ (ʺ ʺ), Ы ы (Ï ï), Ь ь (’ ’), Э э (E e), Ә ә (Ä ä), Ю ю (Yu yu), Я я (Ya ya)

• IPA^(key): /vɤ/

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

1. The third letter of the Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is въ /vɤ/ and it has the sound of English v. It is preceded by Б and followed by Г.

• (before vowels and voiceless consonants) IPA^(key): /f/
• (before voiced consonants) IPA^(key): /v/

• във (vǎv)

в • (v)

1. going inside (of) or within the limits of, into, in, at, to

   влизам в стаята ― vlizam v stajata ― to go into the room

   качвам се в колата ― kačvam se v kolata ― to get in the car

   пристигам в хотела ― pristigam v hotela ― to arrive at the hotel

2. against, especially with force or violence, into

   Колата се блъсна в дървото. ― Kolata se blǎsna v dǎrvoto. ― The car crashed into the tree.

   Не внимавах и се блъснах в стена. ― Ne vnimavah i se blǎsnah v stena. ― I wasn't careful, and walked into a wall.

3. used to indicate where something is or where something happens, in, at, on

   в стаята съм ― v stajata sǎm ― to be in the room

   Срещнахме се в училище. ― Sreštnahme se v učilište. ― We met at school.

   пътувам в автобуса/метрото ― pǎtuvam v avtobusa/metroto ― to travel on the bus/tube

4. used with certain time expressions to say when something happens, at, in, on, during

   в 8 часа ― v 8 časa ― at 8 o'clock

   в петък ― v petǎk ― on Friday

   в 1988 ― v 1988 ― in 1988

   в деветнадесетия век ― v devetnadesetija vek ― in/during the nineteenth century

   в това/същото време ― v tova/sǎštoto vreme ― at that/the same time

   в момента ― v momenta ― at the moment

   в един миг ― v edin mig ― momentarily/in a moment

   в началото ― v načaloto ― in the beginning

   в началото на годината ― v načaloto na godinata ― at the beginning of the year

5. used to indicate a change in state, to, into

   превръщам в камък ― prevrǎštam v kamǎk ― to turn into stone

   превръщам в пепел/прах/развалини ― prevrǎštam v pepel/prah/razvalini ― to reduce to ashes/powder/ruins

   превръщам километри в мили ― prevrǎštam kilometri v mili ― to convert kilometres into miles

6. used to indicate a state or condition, in, on

   в безсъзнание съм ― v bezsǎznanie sǎm ― to be in a dead faint/to be unconscious

   в движение ― v dviženie ― in motion/on the move

   в добро здравословно състояние ― v dobro zdravoslovno sǎstojanie ― in good health

   в покой ― v pokoj ― in repose/at rest/motionless

   в кома ― v koma ― in a coma

7. used to show how or in what way something is done, in, at

   плащам в долари/брой ― plaštam v dolari/broj ― to pay in dollars/cash

   меря в километри ― merja v kilometri ― to measure in kilometres

   марширувам в строй ― marširuvam v stroj ― to march in formation

   вървя в крак ― vǎrvja v krak ― to keep in step

   слушам в захлас ― slušam v zahlas ― to listen in a daze

   в галоп/тръс ― v galop/trǎs ― at a gallop/trot

8. used to indicate the parts forming something, in

   роман в три части ― roman v tri časti ― a novel in three volumes

   филм в два епизода ― film v dva epizoda ― a film in two episodes

9. used to describe the clothes or the colour of something, in

   облечен в черно/черна риза ― oblečen v černo/černa riza ― dressed in black/a black shirt

   стени, боядисани в синьо ― steni, bojadisani v sinjo ― walls painted blue

10. used to indicate a sphere where a certain quality is present, at

    Той е много добър в професията си. ― Toj e mnogo dobǎr v profesijata si. ― He is very good at his job.

In writing, във is used in front of words starting with в or ф and в is used elsewhere. In speech, в and във are used interchangeably. In writing and in speech, във is also used as a stressed form of в, even before words not beginning with в or ф, as in

In verse, във can also be used in front of words not starting with в or ф in order to maintain the syllable structure of the line.

в • (v) (lowercase, uppercase В) (italics: В, в)

1. The third letter of the Macedonian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is в /və/ and it has the sound of English v. It is preceded by Б and followed by Г.

в • (v)

1. Alternative form of во (vo)

• во (vo)

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Ѓ ѓ (Ǵ ǵ), Е е (E e), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), Ѕ ѕ (Dz dz), И и (I i), Ј ј (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), Љ љ (Lj lj), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Њ њ (Nj nj), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), Ќ ќ (Ḱ ḱ), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Џ џ (Dž dž), Ш ш (Š š)

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /v/

в • (v) (upper case В)

1. The fourth letter of the Ossetian alphabet

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Ӕ ӕ (Æ æ), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Гъ гъ (Ǧ ǧ), Д д (D d), Дж дж (Ǵ ǵ), Дз дз (Ʒ ʒ), Е е (E e), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Къ къ (K’ k’), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Пъ пъ (P’ p’), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), Тъ тъ (Tʺ t’), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Хъ хъ (Q q), Ц ц (C c), Цъ цъ (C’ c’), Ч ч (Ḱ ḱ), Чъ чъ (Ḱ’ ḱ’), Ы ы (Y y)

• IPA^(key): [vɛ] (phonetic respelling: вэ)

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В) (italics: В, в)

1. The third letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is вэ /vɛ/ and it has the sound of English v. It is preceded by Б and followed by Г.

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From Old East Slavic въ (vŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥, zero-grade form of *h₁én.

• въ (v) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))
• во (vo) (before certain consonant clusters)

• IPA^(key): [v] (before vowels and voiced consonants)
• IPA^(key): [f] (before voiceless consonants)

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в • (v)

1. (location) in, at, on [+prepositional]

   Он в теа́тре ― On v teátre ― He’s at (in) the theater.

2. (direction) to, into [+accusative]

   Он идёт в теа́тр ― On idjót v teátr ― He’s going to (into) the theater.

3. (time) at, in, on [+accusative]

   в три часа́ ― v tri časá ― at three o’clock

   в пя́тницу ― v pjátnicu ― on Friday

4. per

   три ра́за в день ― tri ráza v denʹ ― three times per day

• в- (v-), во- (vo-)

Abbreviation of вольт (volʹt).

• IPA^(key): [volʲt] (phonetic respelling: вольт)

в • (v) m inan (indeclinable)

1. V, volt

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʋ/

в (lower case, upper case В)

1. The 3rd letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet.

Its name is в /vɛ/ (old name: веди) and it has the sound of English v.

• Previous letter: б
• Next letter: г