боукꙑ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *buky.

Noun

боукꙑ • (buky) f

1. letter
   • from the Luke 16:7:

     приими боукъви твоѩ и напиши осмь десѧть

     priimi bukŭvi tvoję i napiši osmĭ desętĭ

     Take your bill, and write eighty. (lit. "Take your letters, and write eighty", translating Greek γράμματα)

   • from the Life of Constantine:

     радъ идоу тамо, аще имоуть боукви въ ꙗзꙑкъ свои.

     radŭ idu tamo, ašte imutĭ bukvi vŭ jazykŭ svoi.

     I will gladly go there if they have letters for their tongue.

2. writing, book
3. name of the second letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets, respectively Б (B) and Ⰱ.

Declension

Declension of боукꙑ (v-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	боукꙑ buky	боукъви bukŭvi	боукъви bukŭvi
genitive	боукъве bukŭve	боукъвоу bukŭvu	боукъвъ bukŭvŭ
dative	боукъви bukŭvi	боукъвама bukŭvama	боукъвамъ bukŭvamŭ
accusative	боукъвь bukŭvĭ	боукъви bukŭvi	боукъви bukŭvi
instrumental	боукъвьѭ, боукъвиѭ bukŭvĭjǫ, bukŭvijǫ	боукъвама bukŭvama	боукъвами bukŭvami
locative	боукъве bukŭve	боукъвоу bukŭvu	боукъвахъ bukŭvaxŭ
vocative	боукꙑ buky	боукъви bukŭvi	боукъви bukŭvi

Derived terms

• аꙁъбоукꙑ (azŭbuky), аꙁъбоукникъ (azŭbuknikŭ), аꙁъбоукар҄ь (azŭbukarʹĭ)

Further reading

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “боукꙑ”, in Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X—XI веков) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)] (overall work in Russian), Moscow: Russkij jazyk