битва

See also: бітва

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Ruthenian би́тва (bítva), from Old Polish bitwa, from Proto-Slavic *bitva. By surface analysis, бить (bitʹ) +‎ -тва (-tva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲitvə]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Saint Petersburg):

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Noun

би́тва • (bítva) f inan (genitive би́твы, nominative plural би́твы, genitive plural битв)

1. battle, fight, combat

Declension

Declension of би́тва (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	би́тва bítva	би́твы bítvy
genitive	би́твы bítvy	би́тв bítv
dative	би́тве bítve	би́твам bítvam
accusative	би́тву bítvu	би́твы bítvy
instrumental	би́твой, би́твою bítvoj, bítvoju	би́твами bítvami
prepositional	би́тве bítve	би́твах bítvax

Related terms

• бить (bitʹ), би́ться (bítʹsja)

See also

• бой (boj)
• сраже́ние (sražénije)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bitta (“bollard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bîtʋa/

Noun

би̏тва f (Latin spelling bȉtva)

1. (nautical) cleat
2. (nautical) bollard

Declension

    Declension of битва

	singular	plural
nominative	би̏тва	би̏тве
genitive	би̏тве	би̏тва
dative	би̏тви	би̏твама
accusative	би̏тву	би̏тве
vocative	би̏тво	би̏тве
locative	би̏тви	би̏твама
instrumental	би̏твом	би̏твама

Further reading

• “битва”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian би́тва (bítva), from Old Polish bitwa, from Proto-Slavic *bitva. By surface analysis, бити (byty) +‎ -тва (-tva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪtʋɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

би́тва • (býtva) f inan (genitive би́тви, nominative plural би́тви, genitive plural битв)

1. battle

Declension

Declension of би́тва
(inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	би́тва býtva	би́тви býtvy
genitive	би́тви býtvy	битв bytv
dative	би́тві býtvi	би́твам býtvam
accusative	би́тву býtvu	би́тви býtvy
instrumental	би́твою býtvoju	би́твами býtvamy
locative	би́тві býtvi	би́твах býtvax
vocative	би́тво býtvo	би́тви býtvy

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “битва”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “битва”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)