bukva

See also: Bukva

Czech

Etymology

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Proto-Slavic *buky

Old Czech bukev, bukva, bukvě

Czech bukva

Inherited from Old Czech bukev, bukva, bukvě, from Proto-Slavic *buky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbukva]

Noun

bukva f

1. (rare) (Cyrillic) letters

   Synonym: písmeno

   ruské bukvy ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of bukva (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	bukva	bukvy
genitive	bukvy	bukev
dative	bukvě	bukvám
accusative	bukvu	bukvy
vocative	bukvo	bukvy
locative	bukvě	bukvách
instrumental	bukvou	bukvami

Related terms

• buk

Further reading

• “bukva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bukva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Ingrian

Bukvat.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian буква (bukva).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈbukʋɑ/, [ˈbuɡʋ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈbukʋɑ/, [ˈpuɡ̊ʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -ukʋ, -ukʋɑ
• Hyphenation: buk‧va

Noun

bukva

1. letter
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:

     Pitän vokalan möö merkitsemmä kahel samanlaajaiseel bukvaal.

     We signify long vowels with two equal letters.

Declension

Declension of bukva (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	bukva	bukvat
genitive	bukvan	bukvoin
partitive	bukvaa	bukvoja
illative	bukvaa	bukvoi
inessive	bukvaas	bukvois
elative	bukvast	bukvoist
allative	bukvalle	bukvoille
adessive	bukvaal	bukvoil
ablative	bukvalt	bukvoilt
translative	bukvaks	bukvoiks
essive	bukvanna, bukvaan	bukvoinna, bukvoin
exessive1)	bukvant	bukvoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• kirjamerkki, aampuussen

Coordinate terms

• tsifra (“digit”)

Derived terms

• konsonanttabukva

Related terms

• bukvari (“primer”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 434

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bûkʋa/
• Hyphenation: buk‧va

Noun

bȕkva f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ква)

1. European beech (Fagus sylvatica)
2. (in the plural) Fagaceae (family)

Declension

Declension of bukva

	singular	plural
nominative	bukva	bukve
genitive	bukve	bukava
dative	bukvi	bukvama
accusative	bukvu	bukve
vocative	bukvo	bukve
locative	bukvi	bukvama
instrumental	bukvom	bukvama

References

• “bukva”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Skolt Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бу́ква (búkva).

Noun

bukva

1. letter (symbol of an alphabet)

Inflection

Inflection
Nominative	bukva
Genitive	bukva
	singular	plural
Nominative	bukva	bukva
Accusative	bukva	bukvaid
Genitive	bukva	bukvai
Illative	bukvaaʹje bukva	bukvaid
Locative	bukvast	bukvain
Comitative	bukvain	bukvaivuiʹm
Abessive	bukvatää bukvataa	bukvaitää bukvaitaa
Essive	bukvan
Partitive	bukvad

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /búːkʋa/

Noun

bȗkva f

1. alternative form of búkev

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	búkva
gen. sing.	búkve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	búkva	búkvi	búkve
genitive (rodȋlnik)	búkve	búkev	búkev
dative (dajȃlnik)	búkvi	búkvama	búkvam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	búkvo	búkvi	búkve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	búkvi	búkvah	búkvah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	búkvo	búkvama	búkvami