береза

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See also: берёза

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bèrza. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic брѣза (brěza) and Old Polish brzoza.

Doublet of брѣза (brěza), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛˈrɛzɑ/→/bʲɛˈrʲɛza/→/bʲɛˈrʲɛza/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /bɛˈrɛzɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /bʲɛˈrʲɛza/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /bʲɛˈrʲɛza/

  • Hyphenation: бе‧ре‧за

Noun

береза (bereza) f

  1. birch

Declension

Declension of береза (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative береза
bereza 		березѣ
berezě 		березꙑ
berezy
genitive березꙑ
berezy 		березу
berezu 		березъ
berezŭ
dative березѣ
berezě 		березама
berezama 		березамъ
berezamŭ
accusative березѫ
berezǫ 		березѣ
berezě 		березꙑ
berezy
instrumental березоѭ
berezojǫ 		березама
berezama 		березами
berezami
locative березѣ
berezě 		березу
berezu 		березахъ
berezaxŭ
vocative березо
berezo 		березѣ
berezě 		березꙑ
berezy

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “береза”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ ‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 69

Old Ruthenian

бере́за

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic береза (bereza), from Proto-Slavic *bèrza, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bérˀźāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵeh₂, from *bʰerHǵ-. Cognate with Russian берёза (berjóza).

Noun

береза • (bereza) f (related adjective бере́зовый, diminutive бере́зка)

  1. birch (tree)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berza”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 201: “ст.-укр. береза ― st.-ukr. bereza”
  2. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “бере́за”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 171: “1”
  3. ^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “бере́за”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 109: “MUk. березя collect. (XVII c.), берези Gsg. (XVIII c.)”
  4. ^ The template Template:R:be:ESBM does not use the parameter(s): 
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  5. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2009) “берёза I”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 114

Further reading

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “береза”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 84
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*береза¹”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 93
  • The template Template:R:zle-mbe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s): 
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  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1994), “береза”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 2 (б – богуславецъ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 75

Russian

Noun

береза • (berjóza) f inan

  1. alternative spelling of берёза (berjóza)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Middle Ukrainian береза (bereza), from Old East Slavic береза (bereza), from Proto-Slavic *berza, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *berźas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos.

Noun

бере́за • (beréza) f inan (genitive бере́зи, nominative plural бере́зи, genitive plural бері́з)

  1. birch (tree)
  2. a hard wood taken from the birch tree
Declension
Declension of бере́за
(inan hard fem-form accent-a е-і)
singular plural
nominative бере́за
beréza 		бере́зи
berézy
genitive бере́зи
berézy 		бері́з
beríz
dative бере́зі
berézi 		бере́зам
berézam
accusative бере́зу
berézu 		бере́зи
berézy
instrumental бере́зою
berézoju 		бере́зами
berézamy
locative бере́зі
berézi 		бере́зах
berézax
vocative бере́зо
berézo 		бере́зи
berézy

Etymology 2

From older form *березий (*berezyj, “striped, white with black”), from Proto-Slavic *berzъ, which is related to Bulgarian бряз (brjaz). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ-.

Noun

бере́за • (beréza) m pers (genitive бере́зи, nominative plural бере́зи, genitive plural бере́з)

  1. (obsolete) leader at any activities (parties, choir, caroling etc.)
Declension
Declension of бере́за
(pers hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative бере́за
beréza 		бере́зи
berézy
genitive бере́зи
berézy 		бере́з
beréz
dative бере́зі
berézi 		бере́зам
berézam
accusative бере́зу
berézu 		бере́з
beréz
instrumental бере́зою
berézoju 		бере́зами
berézamy
locative бере́зі
berézi 		бере́зах
berézax
vocative бере́зо
berézo 		бере́зи
berézy

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