bukwa

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бу́ква (búkva), from Old East Slavic бꙋкꙑ (buky), from Proto-Slavic *buky, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Doublet of bukiew (“beechmast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.fa/

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• Rhymes: -ukfa
• Syllabification: buk‧wa

Noun

bukwa f

1. a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet

Declension

Declension of bukwa

	singular	plural
nominative	bukwa	bukwy
genitive	bukwy	bukw
dative	bukwie	bukwom
accusative	bukwę	bukwy
instrumental	bukwą	bukwami
locative	bukwie	bukwach
vocative	bukwo	bukwy

Further reading

• bukwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN