Translingual

Letter

В upper case (lower case в)

1. A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

Bashkir

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /w/; (in Russian borrowings) IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

В • ‎(V) ‎(lower case в)

1. The third letter of the Bashkir alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic script letters) хәреф ‎(xäref); А ‎(A) а ‎(a), Б ‎(B) б ‎(b), В ‎(V) в ‎(v), Г ‎(G) г ‎(g), Ғ ‎(Ğ) ғ ‎(ğ), Д ‎(D) д ‎(d), Ҙ ‎(Đ) ҙ ‎(ð), Е ‎(Ye) е ‎(ye), Ё ‎(Yo) ё ‎(yo), Ж ‎(Ž) ж ‎(ž), З ‎(Z) з ‎(z), И ‎(I) и ‎(i), Й ‎(Y) й ‎(y), К ‎(K) к ‎(k), Ҡ ‎(Q) ҡ ‎(q), Л ‎(L) л ‎(l), М ‎(M) м ‎(m), Н ‎(N) н ‎(n), Ң ‎(Ñ) ң ‎(ñ), О ‎(O) о ‎(o), Ө ‎(Ö) ө ‎(ö), П ‎(P) п ‎(p), Р ‎(R) р ‎(r), С ‎(S) с ‎(s), Ҫ ‎(Θ) ҫ ‎(θ), Т ‎(T) т ‎(t), У ‎(U) у ‎(u), Ү ‎(Ü) ү ‎(ü), Х ‎(X) х ‎(x), Һ ‎(H) һ ‎(h), Ц ‎(Ts) ц ‎(ts), Ч ‎(Č) ч ‎(č), Ш ‎(Š) ш ‎(š), Щ ‎(Šč) щ ‎(šč), Ъ ‎(ʺ) ъ ‎(ʺ), Ы ‎(Ï) ы ‎(ï), Ь ‎(’) ь ‎(’), Э ‎(E) э ‎(e), Ә ‎(Ä) ә ‎(ä), Ю ‎(Yu) ю ‎(yu), Я ‎(Ya) я ‎(ya)

Russian

Alternative forms

• В. ‎(V.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɛ] (phonetic respelling: вэ)
• IPA^(key): [vɐˈstok] (phonetic respelling: восто́к)

Noun

В • ‎(V) m inan ‎(indeclinable)

1. abbreviation of восто́к ‎(vostók, “east”)

See also

• З ‎(Z, “W, west”)
• С ‎(S, “N, north”)
• Ю ‎(Ju, “S, south”)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• V (Serbo-Croatian Latin/Roman alphabet)

Letter

В ‎(upper case, lower case в)

1. The third letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Б (B) and is followed by the letter Г (G).

Tajik

Letter

В • ‎(V) ‎(upper case, lower case в)

1. The third letter of the Tajik Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Б ‎(B) (Be) and is followed by the letter Г ‎(G) (Ge).

Translingual

Cyrillic letter В в (В в), normal above, italics below.

Handwritten forms

Letter

в ‎(lower case, upper case В)

1. The 3rd letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

Related terms

• v (Latin alphabet)

Bashkir

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /w/; (in Russian borrowings) IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

в • ‎(v) ‎(lower case в)

1. The third letter of the Bashkir alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic script letters) хәреф ‎(xäref); А ‎(A) а ‎(a), Б ‎(B) б ‎(b), В ‎(V) в ‎(v), Г ‎(G) г ‎(g), Ғ ‎(Ğ) ғ ‎(ğ), Д ‎(D) д ‎(d), Ҙ ‎(Đ) ҙ ‎(ð), Е ‎(Ye) е ‎(ye), Ё ‎(Yo) ё ‎(yo), Ж ‎(Ž) ж ‎(ž), З ‎(Z) з ‎(z), И ‎(I) и ‎(i), Й ‎(Y) й ‎(y), К ‎(K) к ‎(k), Ҡ ‎(Q) ҡ ‎(q), Л ‎(L) л ‎(l), М ‎(M) м ‎(m), Н ‎(N) н ‎(n), Ң ‎(Ñ) ң ‎(ñ), О ‎(O) о ‎(o), Ө ‎(Ö) ө ‎(ö), П ‎(P) п ‎(p), Р ‎(R) р ‎(r), С ‎(S) с ‎(s), Ҫ ‎(Θ) ҫ ‎(θ), Т ‎(T) т ‎(t), У ‎(U) у ‎(u), Ү ‎(Ü) ү ‎(ü), Х ‎(X) х ‎(x), Һ ‎(H) һ ‎(h), Ц ‎(Ts) ц ‎(ts), Ч ‎(Č) ч ‎(č), Ш ‎(Š) ш ‎(š), Щ ‎(Šč) щ ‎(šč), Ъ ‎(ʺ) ъ ‎(ʺ), Ы ‎(Ï) ы ‎(ï), Ь ‎(’) ь ‎(’), Э ‎(E) э ‎(e), Ә ‎(Ä) ә ‎(ä), Ю ‎(Yu) ю ‎(yu), Я ‎(Ya) я ‎(ya)

Bulgarian

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /vɤ/

Letter

в • ‎(v) ‎(lower case, upper case В)

1. The third letter of the Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is въ (vɤ) and it has the sound of English v. It is preceded by Б and followed by Г.

Pronunciation 2

• (before vowels and voiceless consonants) IPA^(key): /f/
• (before voiced consonants) IPA^(key): /v/

Alternative forms

• във ‎(vǎv)

Preposition

в • ‎(v)

1. going inside (of) or within the limits of, into, in, at, to

   влизам в стаята - to go into the room

   качвам се в колата - to get in the car

   пристигам в хотела - to arrive at the hotel

2. against, especially with force or violence, into

   Колата се блъсна в дървото. - The car crashed into the tree.

   Не внимавах и се блъснах в стена. - I wasn't careful, and walked into a wall.

3. used to indicate where something is or where something happens, in, at, on

   в стаята съм - to be in the room

   Срещнахме се в училище. - We met at school.

   пътувам в автобуса/метрото - to travel on the bus/tube

4. used with certain time expressions to say when something happens, at, in, on, during

   в 8 часа - at 8 o'clock

   в петък - on Friday

   в 1988 - in 1988

   в деветнадесетия век - in/during the nineteenth century

   в това/същото време - at that/the same time

   в момента - at the moment

   в един миг - momentarily/in a moment

   в началото - in the beginning

   в началото на годината - at the beginning of the year

5. used to indicate a change in state, to, into

   превръщам в камък - to turn into stone

   превръщам в пепел/прах/развалини - to reduce to ashes/powder/ruins

   превръщам километри в мили - to convert kilometres into miles

6. used to indicate a state or condition, in, on

   в безсъзнание съм - to be in a dead faint/to be unconscious

   в движение - in motion/on the move

   в добро здравословно състояение - in good health

   в покой - in repose/at rest/motionless

   в кома - in a coma

7. used to show how or in what way something is done, in, at

   плащам в долари/брой - to pay in dollars/cash

   меря в километри - to measure in kilometres

   марширувам в строй - to march in formation

   вървя в крак - to keep in step

   слушам в захлас - to listen in a daze

   в галоп/тръс - at a gallop/trot

8. used to indicate the parts forming something, in

   роман в три части - a novel in three volumes

   филм в два епизода - a film in two episodes

9. used to describe the clothes or the colour of something, in

   облечен в черно/черна риза - dressed in black/a black shirt

   стени, боядисани в синьо - walls painted blue

10. used to indicate a sphere where a certain quality is present, at

    Той е много добър в професията си. - He is very good at his job.

Usage notes

In writing, във is used in front of words starting with в or ф and в is used elsewhere. In speech, в and във are used interchangeably. In writing and in speech, във is also used as a stressed form of в, even before words not beginning with в or ф, as in Тя е във къщата, а не отвън. - She is in the house, not outside. In verse, във can also be used in front of words not starting with в or ф in order to maintain the syllable structure of the line.

Related terms

Macedonian

Letter

в • ‎(v) ‎(lowercase, uppercase В) (italics: В, в)

1. The third letter of the Macedonian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is в (və) and it has the sound of English v. It is preceded by Б and followed by Г.

Preposition

в • ‎(v)

1. Alternative form of во ‎(vo)

See also

• во ‎(vo)

See also

• (Cyrillic script letters) А ‎(A) а ‎(a), Б ‎(B) б ‎(b), В ‎(V) в ‎(v), Г ‎(G) г ‎(g), Д ‎(D) д ‎(d), Ѓ ‎(Ǵ) ѓ ‎(ǵ), Е ‎(E) е ‎(e), Ж ‎(Ž) ж ‎(ž), З ‎(Z) з ‎(z), Ѕ ‎(Dz) ѕ ‎(dz), И ‎(I) и ‎(i), Ј ‎(J) ј ‎(j), К ‎(K) к ‎(k), Л ‎(L) л ‎(l), Љ ‎(Lj) љ ‎(lj), М ‎(M) м ‎(m), Н ‎(N) н ‎(n), Њ ‎(Nj) њ ‎(nj), О ‎(O) о ‎(o), П ‎(P) п ‎(p), Р ‎(R) р ‎(r), С ‎(S) с ‎(s), Т ‎(T) т ‎(t), Ќ ‎(Ḱ) ќ ‎(ḱ), У ‎(U) у ‎(u), Ф ‎(F) ф ‎(f), Х ‎(H) х ‎(h), Ц ‎(C) ц ‎(c), Ч ‎(Č) ч ‎(č), Џ ‎(Dž) џ ‎(dž), Ш ‎(Š) ш ‎(š)

Ossetian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

в • ‎(v) ‎(upper case В)

1. The fourth letter of the Ossetian alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic script letters) А ‎(A) а ‎(a), Ӕ ‎(Æ) ӕ ‎(æ), Б ‎(B) б ‎(b), В ‎(V) в ‎(v), Г ‎(G) г ‎(g), Гъ ‎(Ǧ) гъ ‎(ǧ), Д ‎(D) д ‎(d), Дж ‎(Ǵ) дж ‎(ǵ), Дз ‎(Ʒ) дз ‎(ʒ), Е ‎(E) е ‎(e), З ‎(Z) з ‎(z), И ‎(I) и ‎(i), Й ‎(J) й ‎(j), К ‎(K) к ‎(k), Къ ‎(K’) къ ‎(k’), Л ‎(L) л ‎(l), М ‎(M) м ‎(m), Н ‎(N) н ‎(n), О ‎(O) о ‎(o), П ‎(P) п ‎(p), Пъ ‎(P’) пъ ‎(p’), Р ‎(R) р ‎(r), С ‎(S) с ‎(s), Т ‎(T) т ‎(t), Тъ ‎(Tʺ) тъ ‎(t’), У ‎(U) у ‎(u), Ф ‎(F) ф ‎(f), Х ‎(X) х ‎(x), Хъ ‎(Q) хъ ‎(q), Ц ‎(C) ц ‎(c), Цъ ‎(C’) цъ ‎(c’), Ч ‎(Ḱ) ч ‎(ḱ), Чъ ‎(Ḱ’) чъ ‎(ḱ’), Ы ‎(Y) ы ‎(y)

Russian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɛ] (phonetic respelling: вэ)

Letter

в • ‎(v) ‎(lower case, upper case В) (italics: В, в)

1. The third letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is вэ (vɛ) and it has the sound of English v. It is preceded by Б and followed by Г.

See also

• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: В, в

Etymology 2

From Old East Slavic въ ‎(vŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥, zero-grade form of *h₁én.

Alternative forms

• во ‎(vo)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [v]

Preposition

в • ‎(v)

1. (location) in, at, on (+ prepositional case)

   Он в те́атре‎ ― On v téatre ― He’s at (in) the theater.

2. (direction) to, into (+ accusative case)

   Он идёт в теа́тр‎ ― On idjót v teátr ― He’s going to (into) the theater.

3. (time) at, in, on

   в три часа́‎ ― v tri časá ― at three o’clock

4. per

   три ра́за в день‎ ― tri ráza v denʹ ― three times per day

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of вольт ‎(volʹt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [volʲt] (phonetic respelling: вольт)

Noun

в • ‎(v) m inan ‎(indeclinable)

1. V, volt

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʋ/

Letter

в ‎(lower case, upper case В)

1. The 3rd letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet.

Usage notes

Its name is в (vɛ) (old name: веди) and it has the sound of English v.

See also

• Previous letter: б
• Next letter: г