б

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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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ب
Cyrillic	б
Latin	b
Yañalif	ʙ

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, Ә ә, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ұ ұ, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, І і, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

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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, Ӕ ӕ, Б б, В в, Г г, Гъ гъ, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Къ къ, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пъ пъ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тъ тъ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Ц ц, Цъ цъ, Ч ч, Чъ чъ, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

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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