breza

See also: brezá, brěza, breză, and бреза

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Noun

brȅza f (Cyrillic spelling бре̏за)

1. birch (tree)

Declension

Declension of breza

	singular	plural
nominative	brȅza	breze
genitive	breze	brȇzā
dative	brezi	brezama
accusative	brezu	breze
vocative	brezo	breze
locative	brezi	brezama
instrumental	brezom	brezama

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Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛza/

Noun

breza f (genitive singular brezy, nominative plural brezy, genitive plural briez, declension pattern of žena)

1. birch

Declension

Declension of breza

	singular	plural
nominative	breza	brezy
genitive	brezy	briez
dative	breze	brezám
accusative	brezu	brezy
locative	breze	brezách
instrumental	brezou	brezami

Derived terms

• brezový
• briezka
• brezička

Further reading

• breza in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brèːza/

Noun

brẹ́za f

1. birch (tree)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	bréza
gen. sing.	bréze
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	bréza	brézi	bréze
accusative	brézo	brézi	bréze
genitive	bréze	bréz	bréz
dative	brézi	brézama	brézam
locative	brézi	brézah	brézah
instrumental	brézo	brézama	brézami

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Spanish

Verb

breza

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of brezar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of brezar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of brezar.