альфабет

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alphabētum (“alphabet”), 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 Ukrainian алфабет (alfabet) (1627), алфабетумъ (alfabetum) (17th century), Polish alfabet, Bulgarian алфабе́т (alfabét), Serbo-Croatian alfàbēt, Slovene alfabét.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐlʲfɐˈbɛt]

Noun

альфабе́т • (alʹfabét) m inan (genitive альфабе́ту, nominative plural альфабе́ти)

1. (dated, rare) alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language), especially the Latin alphabet.

Synonyms

• абетка (abetka)
• абетло (abetlo) (dialectal)
• азбука (azbuka)
• алфавіт (alfavit)

Related terms

• альфа (alʹfa)
• алфавіт (alfavit)

References

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “альфабет”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka