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Etymology

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From Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton) from the accusative of Koine Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha, alpha) + βῆτα (bêta, beta).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alphabētum n (genitive alphabētī); second declension

  1. alphabet

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alphabētum alphabēta
Genitive alphabētī alphabētōrum
Dative alphabētō alphabētīs
Accusative alphabētum alphabēta
Ablative alphabētō alphabētīs
Vocative alphabētum alphabēta

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