вярба

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• wiarba, viarba — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьrba. Cognate with Russian ве́рба (vérba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vʲarˈba]

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Noun

вярба́ • (vjarbá) f inan (genitive вярбы́, nominative plural ве́рбы, genitive plural ве́рбаў, relational adjective вярбо́вы, diminutive вярбі́нка or ве́рбачка)

1. willow

Declension

Declension of вярба́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d а-е)

	singular	plural
nominative	вярба́ vjarbá	ве́рбы vjérby
genitive	вярбы́ vjarbý	ве́рбаў vjérbaŭ
dative	вярбе́ vjarbjé	ве́рбам vjérbam
accusative	вярбу́ vjarbú	ве́рбы vjérby
instrumental	вярбо́й, вярбо́ю vjarbój, vjarbóju	ве́рбамі vjérbami
locative	вярбе́ vjarbjé	ве́рбах vjérbax
count form	—	вярбы́1 vjarbý1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

• гру́шы на вярбе́ (hrúšy na vjarbjé, “tall tale”, literally “pears on a willow”)
• Ве́рбная нядзе́ля (Vjérbnaja njadzjélja, “Palm Sunday”, literally “Willow Sunday”)

References

• “вярба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org