biržė

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Lithuanian

Etymology 1

 biržė (stretch of forest to be cleared) on Lithuanian Wikipedia

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *borzda and Latvian bìrze (furrow). Possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (top, point) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (to bore a hole), see the Proto-Slavic form for more.

Noun

bir̃žė f (plural bir̃žės)

  1. (agriculture) sign marking the boundary of a sown land, usually made out of twigs or straws; furrow
    Hypernyms: gairė (stake), riboženklis (boundary marker)
  2. (agriculture) plot of land to be sown
    Hypernym: plótas (plot)
    • 1903, Morta Avižaitė, edited by Jonas Basanavičius, Iš gyvenimo vėlių bei velnių [From the Life of Souls and Devils]‎, Chicago: Turtu ir Spauda "Lietuvos", archived from the original on 17 September 2021:
      Kol vargšas vieną vagą aparė, tai tarnas visą biržę išvarė.
      While the poor man ploughed one furrow, the servant dug up the whole plot.
  3. (forestry) stretch of forest (designated for clearing, felling etc.)
    Hypernym: plótas (plot)
Declension
See also
  • laũkas (field)
  • vagà (furrow; ploughing trench)

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Etymology 2

Biržė

Cognate with Latvian birzs (birch grove). Related to béržas.

Noun

bìržė f (plural bìržės) stress pattern 2

  1. (forestry) birch grove, birch stand
    Synonym: beržýnas
    Hypernyms: giraĩtė (grove), miškẽlis (small forest), medýnas (stand, uniform group of trees)
Declension

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