брѣза

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Russian Old Church Slavonic , from Proto-Slavic *berza. Doublet of береза (bereza), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbreːzɑ//ˈbrʲeːza//ˈbrʲeːza/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbreːzɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbrʲeːza/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbrʲeːza/

Noun

брѣза (brězaf

  1. birch

Declension

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “брѣза”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 186