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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic береза (bereza), from Proto-Slavic *berza, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *berźas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós, whence English birch.
Pronunciation
Noun
берёза • (berjóza) f inan (genitive берёзы, nominative plural берёзы, genitive plural берёз, relational adjective берёзовый, diminutive берёзка)
- birch (tree or wood)
Declension
Further reading
- берёза in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru