Translingual

Letter

К upper case (lower case к)

1. A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

Russian

Etymology

Abbreviation of конь ‎(konʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [konʲ] (phonetic respelling: конь)

Noun

К • ‎(K) m anim ‎(indeclinable)

1. (chess) Kt (knight)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• K (Serbo-Croatian Latin/Roman alphabet)

Letter

К ‎(upper case, lower case к)

1. The twelfth letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Ј (J) and is followed by the letter Л (L).

Tajik

Letter

К • ‎(K) ‎(upper case, lower case к)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Tajik Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Й ‎(Y) (Yi) and is followed by the letter Қ ‎(Q) (Qe).

Ossetian

Letter

к • ‎(k) ‎(upper case К)

1. The fourteenth 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): [k]

Letter

к • ‎(k) ‎(lower case, upper case К)

1. The twelfth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is ка ‎(ka) and it has the sound of English k. It is preceded by Й ‎(J) and followed by Л ‎(L).

See also

• Letter styles
• 

  Cyrillic letter К к, normal above, italics below.

• 

  Handwritten forms

Etymology 2

Preposition

к • ‎(k) (+ dative case)

1. to, toward

   к дому ‎(domu) — to the house

   к бра́ту‎ ― k brátu ― to (my) brother

   ко мне ‎(mne) — to me

2. (time): by, for

   ко вторнику ‎(vtorniku) — by Tuesday, for Tuesday

Usage notes

ко ‎(ko) is used before words beginning with certain awkward consonant clusters such as мн- ‎(mn-), вс- ‎(vs-), вт- ‎(vt-), and сн- ‎(sn-).

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of кило- ‎(kilo-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲɪlə]

Prefix

к • ‎(k)

1. k, kilo- (x 1000)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• (uppercase): К

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

к ‎(Latin spelling k)

1. The 12th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet, preceded by ј and followed by л.

See also

• Letter styles
• 

  Cyrillic letter К к, normal above, italics below.

• 

  Handwritten forms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *kom.

Alternative forms

• ка (See usage notes)

Preposition

к ‎(Latin spelling k)

1. to
2. towards

Usage notes

Although both к and ка can be used synonymously, к must take the alternative form ка in the following environment:

• before /к, г, х/:

  ка граду - to the city

  ка горе - towards above

  ка хладу - toward the shade