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Bukvitsa

Bukvitsa noun: an ancient Slavic alphabet (an adaptation of Glagolitic and Cyrillic).

Noun

Bukvitsa

  1. An ancient Slavic alphabet (an adaptation of Glagolitic and Cyrillic).
    • In the Slavonic it occupies, as jest, the 6th place of the Bukvitsa as well as of the Cyrillic scheme, and has two softening forms as finals (-er, -eri) toward the close of the alphabet.1867, The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge
    • Scripts such as Bukvitsa (an adaptation of Glagolitic and Cyrillic), Elbasan, Buthakiikye, Argyrokastron or Veso Bei's script (old Albanian alphabets), Pamphylian and Lydian (Asianic languages), Tagbanua, Mangyan, lloco, Pangasinan, Pampangan and Buhil (Philippine Islands), Passipa and Uighur of...1950, The languages of the world, ancient and modern
  2. A pseudohistorical alphabet based on Cyrillic, created by Russian neopagan esoteric A. Yu. Khinevich, founder of Ynglism, but having no connection with historical Slavic writings.
    • The hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church declared Slavic writings (Bukvitsa, Runes, etc.) to be black magic and demonic writings; the result of which was the loss by the Slavic people of the ability to learn the ancestral experience of their Ancestors.2016, Dmitriy Kushnir, Slava Rodu Magazine: Issue #1, page 49

Origin of Bukvitsa

From Russian бу́квица (búkvica).

Questions about Bukvitsa

What does Bukvitsa mean?
Bukvitsa means an ancient Slavic alphabet (an adaptation of Glagolitic and Cyrillic).
What part of speech is Bukvitsa?
Bukvitsa is a noun.

Words near Bukvitsa in the dictionary

  1. bukshi
  2. bukshis
  3. bukshish
  4. buku
  5. Bukusu
  6. Bukvitsa
  7. buky
  8. bul'gogi
  9. Bula
  10. Bulacan
  11. Bulacao

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