берёза
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See also: береза
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
Declension of берёза (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of берёза (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
- березня́к m (bereznják)
- подберёзовик m (podberjózovik)
Related terms
- береста́ f (berestá)
- берестяно́й (berestjanój)
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “берёза”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- берёза in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru