А

Character	А
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER A
Cyrillic	U+0410

See also а, and Appendix:Variations of "a"

Translingual

Cyrillic letter А а (A a), normal above, italics below.

Handwritten forms

Etymology

From early Cyrillic letter azǔ, created in the tenth century from Greek Α (A, “Alpha”).

Letter

А (upper case, lower case а)

1. The first letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

Related terms

• A (Latin alphabet)

See also

• Appendix:Alphabets#Cyrillic alphabets
• Entries in the English Wiktionary beginning with A (A)
• Wikipedia article on the Cyrillic alphabet

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Russian

Letter

Wikipedia

А (upper case, lower case а)

1. The first letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. It is followed by the letter Б (B).

Usage notes

The Russian name for А (A) is а (ā), and in stressed syllables it has the sound of the long a in father. In unstressed positions, it is pronounced as a schwa, like the o in mother. (Unstressed Russian а (a) is pronounced the same as unstressed Russian о (o).)

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• A (Serbo-Croatian Latin/Roman alphabet)

Letter

А (upper case, lower case а)

1. The first letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet. It is followed by the letter Б (B).

Usage notes

The Serbo-Croatian name for А is а (ā), and in stressed syllables it has the sound of the long a in father. In unstressed positions, it has the sound of the u in but.