в-

See also: -в, в., В., в, В, and Appendix:Variations of "b"

Russian

Alternative forms

во- (vo-) (before certain consonant clusters)

Etymology

From Old East Slavic въ- (vŭ-), from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n)-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én. The /n/ persists in внять (vnjatʹ). See also в (v), Old East Slavic въ (vŭ), Proto-Slavic *vъ(n). Compare the similar development in с- (s-) from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n)-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [v] (before vowels and voiced consonants)
IPA^(key): [f] (before voiceless consonants)

Prefix

в- • (v-)

in, into (describing an action of moving inside of something or moving deeper into something)
- идти́ ― idtí ― to go
- войти́ ― vojtí ― to go in, to enter

Related terms

в (v)

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