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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olьxa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éliseh₂, from *h₂élis-. Cognate with Belarusian во́льха (vólʹxa), Bulgarian елха́ (elhá), Polish olcha.
Pronunciation
Noun
ві́льха • (vílʹxa) f inan (genitive ві́льхи, nominative plural ві́льхи, genitive plural вільх, relational adjective вільхо́вий)
- alder
Declension
Declension of ві́льха (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ві́льха”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “ві́льха”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “ві́льха”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 399
- Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund (2001–2024) “Словники України” online [Dictionaries of Ukraine online] (in Ukrainian)