алфавіт

See also: алфавит

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos), from ἄλφα (álpha, “alpha”) and βήτα (bḗta, “beta”) (the names of the first two letters in the Greek alphabet).

Compare 17th-century Ukrainian алфавитъ (alfavyt), Belarusian алфаві́т (alfavít), Russian алфави́т (alfavít), Bulgarian алфави́т (alfavít).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ɐɫfɐˈʋʲit]
• IPA^(key): [ɐɫˈfaʋʲit]

Noun

1. alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language)

Synonyms

• абетка (abetka)
• абетло (abetlo) (dialectal)
• азбука (azbuka)
• альфабет (alʹfabet)

Related terms

• альфа (alʹfa)
• альфабет (alʹfabet)

References

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “алфавіт”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “алфавіт”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka