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A distinctive glyph is used for Bulgarian. It resembles the handwritten form in Russian.

в (upper case В)

  1. A letter of the Cyrillic script, called ve.

в (upper case В)

  1. A letter of the Old Cyrillic script, called vede or vedi.

  • Regular.

  • Italics.

  • Handwritten.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Abaza alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Aghul alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Alutor alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в (w) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The seventh letter of the Archi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (w) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Avar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /w/, (in Russian borrowings) /v/

в • (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): [v]
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [vɤ]
  • (in acronyms) IPA(key): [vɛ]
  • Audio (letter name):(file)

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called въ (v), and written in the Cyrillic script.

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n).

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

в • (v)

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

    влизам в стаята

    vlizam v stajata
    to go into the room

    качвам се в колата

    kačvam se v kolata
    to get in the car

    пристигам в хотела

    pristigam v hotela
    to arrive at the hotel
  2. against, especially with force or violence, into

    Колата се блъсна в дървото.

    Kolata se blǎsna v dǎrvoto.
    The car crashed into the tree.

    Не внимавах и се блъснах в стена.

    Ne vnimavah i se blǎsnah v stena.
    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

    v stajata sǎm
    to be in the room

    Срещнахме се в училище.

    Sreštnahme se v učilište.
    We met at school.

    пътувам в автобуса/метрото

    pǎtuvam v avtobusa/metroto
    to travel on the bus/tube
  4. used with certain time expressions to say when something happens, at, in, on, during

    в 8 часа

    v 8 časa
    in 8 hours

    в деветнадесетия век

    v devetnadesetija vek
    in/during the nineteenth century

    в това/същото време

    v tova/sǎštoto vreme
    at that/the same time

    в момента

    v momenta
    at the moment

    в един миг

    v edin mig
    momentarily/in a moment

    в началото

    v načaloto
    in the beginning

    в началото на годината

    v načaloto na godinata
    at the beginning of the year
  5. used to indicate a change in state, to, into

    превръщам в камък

    prevrǎštam v kamǎk
    to turn into stone

    превръщам в пепел/прах/развалини

    prevrǎštam v pepel/prah/razvalini
    to reduce to ashes/powder/ruins

    превръщам километри в мили

    prevrǎštam kilometri v mili
    to convert kilometres into miles
  6. used to indicate a state or condition, in, on

    в безсъзнание съм

    v bezsǎznanie sǎm
    to be in a dead faint/to be unconscious

    в движение

    v dviženie
    in motion/on the move

    в добро здравословно състояние

    v dobro zdravoslovno sǎstojanie
    in good health

    в покой

    v pokoj
    in repose/at rest/motionless
  7. used to show how or in what way something is done, in, at

    плащам в долари/брой

    plaštam v dolari/broj
    to pay in dollars/cash

    меря в километри

    merja v kilometri
    to measure in kilometres

    марширувам в строй

    marširuvam v stroj
    to march in formation

    вървя в крак

    vǎrvja v krak
    to keep in step

    слушам в захлас

    slušam v zahlas
    to listen in a daze

    в галоп/тръс

    v galop/trǎs
    at a gallop/trot
  8. used to indicate the parts forming something, in

    роман в три части

    roman v tri časti
    a novel in three volumes

    филм в два епизода

    film v dva epizoda
    a film in two episodes
  9. used to describe the clothes or the colour of something, in

    облечен в черно/черна риза

    oblečen v černo/černa riza
    dressed in black/a black shirt

    стени, боядисани в синьо

    steni, bojadisani v sinjo
    walls painted blue
  10. used to indicate a sphere where a certain quality is present, at

    Той е много добър в професията си.

    Toj e mnogo dobǎr v profesijata si.
    He is very good at his job.

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.

Tja e vǎv kǎštata, a ne otvǎn.
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.

terms related to в

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Buryat alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The fourth letter of the Chechen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Chukchi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The fourth letter of the Chuvash alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Dargwa alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Dungan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в (w) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Even alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (w) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Evenki alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The fourth letter of the Ingush alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The fourth letter of the Itelmen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The fourth letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The fourth letter of the Kalmyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
Alternative scripts
Arabic ۆ
Cyrillic в
Latin v

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The fourth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Khakas alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (w) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Kumyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called ве (ve), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Only used in words of foreign origin.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Lezgi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v)

  1. Alternative form of во (vo)

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called вэ (ve), and written in the Cyrillic script.

в (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Nivkh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The fourth letter of the Northern Mansi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. A letter of the Old Church Slavonic alphabet, called вѣдѣ (vědě), and written in the Old Cyrillic script.

в (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The fourth letter of the Orok alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The fourth letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Moldovan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Russian alphabet, called вэ (vɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.
    Alternative form: (archaic) ѵ (v)
PIE word
*h₁en

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

  • IPA(key): [v] (before vowels and voiced consonants)
  • IPA(key): [f] (before voiceless consonants)
  • IPA(key): [və] (when pausing to think)

в • (v)

  1. [with prepositional]
    1. (location) in, at, on
      Он в теа́тре ― On v teátre ― He’s at (in) the theater.
  2. [with accusative]
    1. (direction) to, into
      Он идёт в теа́тр ― On idjót v teátr ― He’s going to (into) the theater.
    2. (time) at, in, on
      в три часа́ ― v tri časá ― at three o’clock
      в часа́ три ― v časá tri ― at about three o'clock
      в пя́тницу ― v pjátnicu ― on Friday
    3. per
      три ра́за в день ― tri ráza v denʹ ― three times per day
      ра́за три в день ― ráza tri v denʹ ― about three times per day
    4. (indicating aim or purpose) for, as
      сказа́ть в шу́тку ― skazátʹ v šútku ― say as a joke
    5. (indicating exact correspondence, equivalence) for
      оди́н в оди́н ― odín v odín ― one for one
      копе́йка в копе́йку ― kopéjka v kopéjku ― dollar for dollar (literally, “kopeck for kopeck”)
      душа́ в ду́шу ― dušá v dúšu ― in perfect harmony (literally, “soul for soul”)
  3. [with nominative]
    1. (indicating becoming, joining) as
      идти́ в го́сти ― idtí v gósti ― to visit (literally, “to go as guests”)
      идти́ в банди́ты ― idtí v bandíty ― to become a bandit/bandits (literally, “to go as bandits”)
      пойти́ в поли́тики ― pojtí v polítiki ― to enter politics (literally, “to go as politicians”)
      выйти́ в рабо́чие ― vyjtí v rabóčije ― to join the workforce (literally, “to exit as workers”)
      выйти́ в лю́ди ― vyjtí v ljúdi ― to go out (literally, “to leave as people”)
      про́чить кого-то в нача́льники (насле́дники) ― próčitʹ kovo-to v načálʹniki (naslédniki) ― to expect someone to become the boss (the heir) (literally, “to expect as bosses (heirs)”)
      уйти́ в профессиона́лы ― ujtí v professionály ― to go pro/professional (literally, “to leave as professionals”)
      переквалифици́роваться в управдо́мы ― perekvalificírovatʹsja v upravdómy ― to retrain as a building superintendent
      оста́вить себя́ в зало́жники ― ostávitʹ sebjá v zalóžniki ― to become a hostage (literally, “to leave oneself as hostages”)
      вы́брать (себе́) в мужья́/жёны/супру́ги ― výbratʹ (sebé) v mužʹjá/žóny/suprúgi ― to choose a husband/wife/spouse (for oneself) (literally, “to choose (for oneself) as husbands/wives/spouses”)
      взять в жёны ― vzjatʹ v žóny ― to take as a wife
      бежа́ть в мона́хини ― bežátʹ v monáxini ― to run away to become a nun (literally, “to flee as nuns”)
      пода́ться в бе́сы ― podátʹsja v bésy ― to become a demon/demons (literally, “to give in as demons”)

Abbreviation of вольт (volʹt).

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

в • (v) m inan (indeclinable)

  1. V, volt

в (lower case, upper case В, Latin spelling v)

  1. The third letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Southern Altai alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The fourth letter of the Tabasaran alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Tajik alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (w) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The fourth letter of the Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (w°) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Tuvan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Udmurt alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called ве (ve), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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

в • (v)

  1. in, at [with locative] (used to express static position/location; followed by a vowel)
  2. in, into, to [with accusative] (movement to reach a place and go inside it; followed by a vowel)
  • у (followed by a consonant)

в (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The fourth letter of the Western Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

в • (v) (lower case, upper case В)

  1. The third letter of the Yakut alphabet, called вэ (ve), and written in the Cyrillic script.