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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *berstъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
бе́рест • (bérest) m inan (genitive бе́реста, nominative plural бе́ресты, genitive plural бе́рестов)
- elm (tree or wood) (Ulmus minor)
Declension
Hypernyms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “берест”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress