б

See also: 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

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), 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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Kazakh

Cyrillic	б (b)
Arabic	ب‎

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

б • (b) (lower case, upper case Б)

1. The third letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

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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Ossetian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /b/

Letter

б • (b) (upper case Б)

1. The third letter of the Ossetian alphabet

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

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Letter

б • (b) (lower case, upper case Б)

1. The second letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is бэ /bɛ/ and it has the sound of English b. It is preceded by А and followed by В.

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 2nd letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet.

Usage notes

Its name is б (бɛ) and its has the sound of English b.

See also

• Previous letter: а
• Next letter: в