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боукꙑ
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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *buky.
Noun
боукꙑ • (buky) f
- 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.
- from the Luke 16:7:
- writing, book
Declension
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
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