б

See also: Б, б-, б., -б, and Appendix:Variations of "b"

б U+0431, б CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER BE ← а [U+0430] Cyrillic в → [U+0432]

Translingual

Printed forms of Б: upper case, lower case, and a variant of б used in Serbian texts.

Handwritten forms

Etymology

From early Cyrillic letter Ⰱ, buky.

Letter

б (lower case, upper case Б)

1. The second letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

Related terms

• b (Latin alphabet)

See also

• Appendix:Cyrillic script
• Entries in the English Wiktionary beginning with б
• Wikipedia article on the Cyrillic alphabet

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Bashkir

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /b/; (in certain contexts) IPA^(key): /β/

Letter

б • (b) (upper case Б)

1. The second letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) хәреф (xäref); А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Ғ ғ (Ğ ğ), Д д (D d), Ҙ ҙ (Đ ð), Е е (Ye ye), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (Y y), К к (K k), Ҡ ҡ (Q q), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Ң ң (Ñ ñ), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Ҫ ҫ (Θ θ), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Һ һ (H h), Ц ц (Ts ts), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Šč šč), Ъ ъ (ʺ ʺ), Ы ы (Ï ï), Ь ь (’ ’), Э э (E e), Ә ә (Ä ä), Ю ю (Yu yu), Я я (Ya ya)

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Belarusian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

б • (b) (upper case Б)

1. The second letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (H h), Д д (D d), Е е (Je je), Ё ё (Jo jo), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), І і (I i), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ў ў (Ŭ ŭ), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Ы ы (Y y), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Э э (E e), Ю ю (Ju ju), Я я (Ja ja)

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Kazakh

Cyrillic	б
Arabic	ب‎

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

б • (b) (lower case, upper case Б)

1. The third letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Ә ә (Ä ä), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Ғ ғ (Ğ ğ), Д д (D d), Е е (E e), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (J j), З з (Z z), И и (Ï ï), Й й (Y y), К к (K k), Қ қ (Q q), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Ң ң (Ñ ñ), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (W w), Ұ ұ (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Һ һ (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Ç ç), Ш ш (Ş ş), Щ щ (Şş şş), Ъ ъ (ʺ ʺ), Ы ы (I ı), І і (İ i), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Э э (É é), Ю ю (Yw yw), Я я (Ya ya)

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Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/, /w/

Letter

б • (b) (lower case, upper case Б)

1. The second letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called бе and written in the Cyrillic script.

Usage notes

The phoneme /b/ is lenited to /w/ after /l, r, j/ or between vowels.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (Ye ye), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (C c), З з (Z z), И и (İ i), Й й (Y y), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Ң ң (Ñ ñ), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (H h), Ц ц (Ts ts), Ч ч (Ç ç), Ш ш (Ş ş), Щ щ (Şç şç), Ъ ъ (ʺ ʺ), Ы ы (I ı), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Э э (E e), Ю ю (Yu yu), Я я (Ya ya)

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

б • (b) (upper case Б)

1. The second letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Ѓ ѓ (Ǵ ǵ), Е е (E e), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), Ѕ ѕ (Dz dz), И и (I i), Ј ј (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), Љ љ (Lj lj), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Њ њ (Nj nj), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), Ќ ќ (Ḱ ḱ), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Џ џ (Dž dž), Ш ш (Š š)

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Mongolian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

б • (b) (lower case, upper case Б) (italics: Б, б)

1. The second letter of the Mongolian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (Ye ye), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (J j), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (I i), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (Kh kh), Ц ц (Ts ts), Ч ч (Ch ch), Ш ш (Sh sh), Щ щ (Sh sh), Ъ ъ (I i), Ы ы (Y y), Ь ь (I i), Э э (E e), Ю ю (Yu yu), Я я (Ya ya)

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Ossetian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

б • (b) (upper case Б)

1. The third letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Ӕ ӕ (Æ æ), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Гъ гъ (Ǧ ǧ), Д д (D d), Дж дж (Ǵ ǵ), Дз дз (Ʒ ʒ), Е е (E e), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Къ къ (K’ k’), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Пъ пъ (P’ p’), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), Тъ тъ (Tʺ t’), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Хъ хъ (Q q), Ц ц (C c), Цъ цъ (C’ c’), Ч ч (Ḱ ḱ), Чъ чъ (Ḱ’ ḱ’), Ы ы (Y y)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p]

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Letter

б • (b) (lower case, upper case Б)

1. The second letter of the Russian alphabet, called бэ and written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) бу́ква (búkva); А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (Je je), Ё ё (Jó jó), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Šč šč), Ъ ъ ( ), Ы ы (Y y), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Э э (E e), Ю ю (Ju ju), Я я (Ja ja)

Particle

б • (b)

1. Alternative form of бы (by)

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Cyrillic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: Б, б

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

б or б (lower case, upper case Б)

1. The second letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, called бе and written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Ђ ђ, Е е, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ј ј, К к, Л л, Љ љ, М м, Н н, Њ њ, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Ћ ћ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Џ џ, Ш ш