brusnica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brusьnica, from *brusьnъ + *-ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brǔsnit͡sa/

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Noun

brùsnica f (Cyrillic spelling бру̀сница)

1. cranberry

Declension

Declension of brusnica

	singular	plural
nominative	brusnica	brusnice
genitive	brusnice	brusnica
dative	brusnici	brusnicama
accusative	brusnicu	brusnice
vocative	brusnice / brusnico	brusnice
locative	brusnici	brusnicama
instrumental	brusnicom	brusnicama

Further reading

• “brusnica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brusьnica, from *brusьnъ + *-ica. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brúːsnit͡sa/

Noun

brȗsnica f

1. lingonberry (plant)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	brúsnica
gen. sing.	brúsnice
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	brúsnica	brúsnici	brúsnice
genitive (rodȋlnik)	brúsnice	brúsnic	brúsnic
dative (dajȃlnik)	brúsnici	brúsnicama	brúsnicam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	brúsnico	brúsnici	brúsnice
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	brúsnici	brúsnicah	brúsnicah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	brúsnico	brúsnicama	brúsnicami

Further reading

• “brusnica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “brusnica”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Upper Sorbian

Alternative forms

• bruslica, prusnica, pruslica (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brusьnica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʀusnit͡sa/
• Rhymes: -usnit͡sa
• Hyphenation: bru‧s‧ni‧ca
• Syllabification: brus‧ni‧ca

Noun

brusnica f

1. lingonberry, cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)

Declension

Declension of brusnica (feminine hard hissing stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	brusnica	brusnicy	brusnicy
genitive	brusnicy	brusnicow	brusnicow
dative	brusnicy	brusnicomaj	brusnicam
accusative	brusnicu	brusnicy	brusnicy
instrumental	brusnicu	brusnicomaj	brusnicami
locative	brusnicy	brusnicomaj	brusnicach
vocative	brusnica	brusnicy	brusnicy

Descendants

• → German: Preiselbeere, Preißelbeere (unofficial, but not rare in edited texts)

Further reading

• “brusnica”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026
• “brusnica” in Soblex