azbuka

English

Etymology

From Slavic languages, especially using the Cyrillic script, compare Russian а́збука (ázbuka) (also Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian), from the first Old Church Slavonic letter names аз (az) and буки (búki) (compare Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) = ἄλφα (álpha) + βῆτα (bêta) or Persian الف (alef) + باء (bâ')), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, *buky.

Noun

azbuka

1. The Cyrillic alphabet.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian а́збука (ázbuka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbuka]
• Rhymes: -uka
• Hyphenation: az‧bu‧ka

Noun

azbuka f

1. the Cyrillic alphabet

Declension

Declension of azbuka (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	azbuka	azbuky
genitive	azbuky	azbuk
dative	azbuce	azbukám
accusative	azbuku	azbuky
vocative	azbuko	azbuky
locative	azbuce	azbukách
instrumental	azbukou	azbukami

Further reading

• azbuka in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• azbuka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• azbuka in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz
• azbuka in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From initial names of the first letters of Cyrillic alphabet, az (а) and buki (б).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎzbuka/
• Hyphenation: az‧bu‧ka

Noun

àzbuka f (Cyrillic spelling а̀збука)

1. (uncountable) alphabet (based on the Cyrillic script)

Declension

Declension of azbuka

	singular
nominative	azbuka
genitive	azbuke
dative	azbuci
accusative	azbuku
vocative	azbuko
locative	azbuci
instrumental	azbukom

Further reading

• “azbuka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian а́збука (ázbuka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbuka]

Noun

azbuka f (genitive singular azbuky, nominative plural azbuky, genitive plural azbúk, declension pattern of žena)

1. the Cyrillic alphabet

Declension

Declension of azbuka

	singular	plural
nominative	azbuka	azbuky
genitive	azbuky	azbúk
dative	azbuke	azbukám
accusative	azbuku	azbuky
locative	azbuke	azbukách
instrumental	azbukou	azbukami

Further reading

• “azbuka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024