береза

See also: берёза

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *berza, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *berźas, *berźā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵs, *bʰerHǵeh₂.

Doublet of брѣза (brěza), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Noun

береза (bereza) f

1. birch

Descendants

• Belarusian: бяро́за (bjaróza)
• Russian: берёза (berjóza)
• Ukrainian: бере́за (beréza)

References

vol=1 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893–1912) “береза”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences

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Russian

Noun

береза • (berjóza) f inan

1. Alternative spelling of берёза (berjóza)

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [beˈrɛzɐ]

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic береза (bereza), from Proto-Slavic *berza. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos.

Noun

бере́за • (beréza) f inan (genitive бере́зи, nominative plural бере́зи)

1. birch (tree)
2. a hard wood taken from the birch tree

Etymology 2

From older form березий (berezyj, “striped, white with black”), which is related to Bulgarian бряз (brjaz). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ-.

Noun

1. (obsolete) leader at any activities (parties, choir, caroling etc.)

References

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “береза”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “береза”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka