# буква
## Belarusian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bùky.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbukva]
* Rhymes: -ukva
* Hyphenation: бук‧ва

### Noun

бу́ква • (búkva) f inan (genitive бу́квы, nominative plural бу́квы, genitive plural бу́кваў)
* (rare) letter (a written alphabetic character that usually denotes a particular sound of a language)
    Synonym: (more common) лі́тара (lítara)

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### References

* “буква” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbukvɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

бу́ква • (búkva) f
* letter, character (of the alphabet)
* key (of a typewriter, keyboard etc.)
* (printing) type, lettering

#### Declension
### References

* “буква”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “буква”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbukva]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

буква • (bukva) f (plural букви, relational adjective буквален, diminutive буквичка or буквиче)
* letter

#### Derived terms

* буквален (bukvalen)
* буквално (bukvalno)
* буквалност f (bukvalnost)
* буквар m (bukvar)
* букварка f (bukvarka)
* букварче n (bukvarče)
* голема буква f (golema bukva)
* мала буква f (mala bukva)

#### See also

* азбука f (azbuka)
* самогласка f (samoglaska)
* согласка f (soglaska)

### References

* буква in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic бꙋкꙑ (buky), from Proto-Slavic *buky. Doublet of бу́ки (búki).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbukvə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

бу́ква • (búkva) f inan (genitive бу́квы, nominative plural бу́квы, genitive plural букв, relational adjective бу́квенный, diminutive бу́квочка or бу́ковка)
* letter (a symbol in an alphabet)
    Synonym: (dated) ли́тера (lítera)
    бу́ква зако́на ― búkva zakóna ― the letter of the law

#### Derived terms

* буквали́зм m (bukvalízm)
* буквали́ст m anim (bukvalíst)
* буква́льный (bukválʹnyj)
* буква́рь m (bukvárʹ)
* бу́квенный (búkvennyj)
* буквое́д m anim (bukvojéd)

##### Phrases

* бу́ква зако́на f (búkva zakóna)

#### Related terms

* а́збука f (ázbuka)
* бузина́ f (buziná)

##### Borrowed

* бук m (buk)

#### Descendants

* → Ingrian: bukva
* → Polish: bukwa
* → Skolt Sami: bukva

#### See also

* Appendix:Russian alphabet
* Russian script letters: бу́квы (búkvy) (alphabet appendix): А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buky. Related to базга. Possible cognate with German Buche.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bûkʋa/
* Hyphenation: бук‧ва

### Noun

бу̏ква f (Latin spelling bȕkva)
* European beech (Fagus sylvatica)
* (plural only) Fagaceae (family)

#### Declension
### References

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

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic бꙋкꙑ (buky), from Proto-Slavic *buky.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbukʋɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

бу́ква • (búkva) f inan (genitive бу́кви, nominative plural бу́кви, genitive plural букв, relational adjective бу́квений)
* letter (a symbol in an alphabet)
    Synonym: лі́тера (lítera)

#### Declension
### References

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