betula

See also: Betula and bétula

Latin

Alternative forms

• betulla

Etymology

From Gaulish *bitu, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā, *betu, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷetu-yo-s, *gʷetw-iyo-s, from *gʷet-.

Compare Welsh bedwen. See also Latin bitūmen (“tar”), which was instead borrowed through another Italic language.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.tu.la/, [ˈbɛt̪ʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.tu.la/, [ˈbɛːt̪ulä]

Noun

betula f (genitive betulae); first declension

1. birch tree.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	betula	betulae
Genitive	betulae	betulārum
Dative	betulae	betulīs
Accusative	betulam	betulās
Ablative	betulā	betulīs
Vocative	betula	betulae

Derived terms

• betulus

Descendants

• Catalan: bedoll
• French: bouleau
• Italian: betulla
• Portuguese: bétula
• Romanian: betulă
• Spanish: abedul
• Translingual: Betula

References

• “betula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian bettola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bêtula/
• Hyphenation: be‧tu‧la

Noun

bȅtula f (Cyrillic spelling бе̏тула)

1. (regional, derogatory) pub

Declension

Declension of betula

	singular	plural
nominative	betula	betule
genitive	betule	betula
dative	betuli	betulama
accusative	betulu	betule
vocative	betulo	betule
locative	betuli	betulama
instrumental	betulom	betulama

References

• “betula” in Hrvatski jezični portal