б

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

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

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