а

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Letter 1.2.1 Related terms 1.3 See also 2 Old Church Slavonic 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Conjunction 2.2.1 Descendants 3 Russian 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Letter 3.2.1 Usage notes 3.3 Conjunction 3.4 Interjection 3.5 Abbreviation 4 Serbian 4.1 Alternative spellings 4.2 Letter 4.2.1 Usage notes 4.3 Conjunction

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

From early Cyrillic letter azǔ, created in the tenth century from Greek α (a, “alpha”).

[edit] Letter

а (lower case, upper case А)

1. The first letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

[edit] Related terms

• a (Latin alphabet)

[edit] See also

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

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[edit] Old Church Slavonic

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *a.

[edit] Conjunction

а (a)

1. and
2. but

[edit] Descendants

Bosnian: a Croatian: a Russian: а

Serbian: a Slovene: a

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[edit] Russian

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Letter

а (lower case, upper case А)

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

[edit] 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).)

[edit] Conjunction

а

1. but, and (introduces a new or different meaning).

   Сего́дня тепло́, а вчера́ бы́ло хо́лодно — It is warm today, but yesterday it was cold.

   Это не я́блоко, а гру́ша — This is not an apple, but a pear.

   А что? — Why so?

   а то — or else

[edit] Interjection

а!

1. well! (expressing surprise)

[edit] Abbreviation

а

1. Abbreviation of ампер (ampér, “ampere”).

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Alternative spellings

• a (Serbian Latin/Roman alphabet)

[edit] Letter

а (lower case, upper case А)

1. The first letter of the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet. It is followed by the letter б (b).

[edit] Usage notes

The Serbian 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 has the sound of the u in but.

[edit] Conjunction

а

1. but
2. and