knigu

Knigu is the transliteration of the Cyrillic word книга in its accusative singular form, used in Russian to mean “a book” as the direct object of a verb. In Russian grammar, книги (kniki) would be the plural, and книга (kniga) the nominative singular, while knigu specifically marks the object case.

Etymology and cognates: The root kniga derives from Proto-Slavic, and related forms appear across Slavic languages. Russian книга (kniga), Ukrainian книга (knyha), Belarusian кніга (knika), and Bulgarian книга (kniga) share the same historical origin. The accusative form knigu arises from standard Slavic noun declension patterns for feminine nouns ending in -a.

Usage and examples: In standard Russian, knigu appears in sentences where the book is what is being acted upon. Example in Cyrillic: Я читаю книгу. Transliteration: Ya chitayu knigu. This illustrates how the ending changes from the nominative книга to the accusative knigu. Other verbs that take a direct object similarly use knigu when referring to a single book.

Notes: Knigu is not a separate concept or title; it is a grammatical form of the noun книга. In discussions of language, it is often presented alongside the base form to illustrate case endings and sentence structure. For learners, recognizing knigu as the direct-object form helps parse sentences and understand Russian syntax.

See also: книга, kniga (Slavic cognates), księga (Polish cognate).