битва

Borrowed from Old Ruthenian би́тва (bítva), from Old Polish bitwa, from Proto-Slavic *bitva.^[1] By surface analysis, бить (bitʹ) +‎ -тва (-tva).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲitvə]

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би́тва • (bítva) f inan (genitive би́твы, nominative plural би́твы, genitive plural битв)

1. battle, fight, combat

• бить (bitʹ), би́ться (bítʹsja)

• бой (boj)
• сраже́ние (sražénije)

Borrowed from Italian bitta (“bollard”).

• IPA^(key): /bîtʋa/

би̏тва f (Latin spelling bȉtva)

1. (nautical) cleat
2. (nautical) bollard

• “битва”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Inherited from Old Ruthenian би́тва (bítva), from Old Polish bitwa, from Proto-Slavic *bitva.^[1] By surface analysis, бити (byty) +‎ -тва (-tva).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪtʋɐ]

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би́тва • (býtva) f inan (genitive би́тви, nominative plural би́тви, genitive plural битв)

1. battle

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “битва”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “битва”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]