брѣза

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Russian Old Church Slavonic [Term?], from Proto-Slavic *berza. Doublet of береза (bereza), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbreːzɑ/→/ˈbrʲeːza/→/ˈbrʲeːza/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbreːzɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbrʲeːza/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbrʲeːza/

Noun

брѣза (brěza) f

1. birch

Declension

Declension of брѣза (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	брѣза brěza	брѣзѣ brězě	брѣзꙑ brězy
genitive	брѣзꙑ brězy	брѣзу brězu	брѣзъ brězŭ
dative	брѣзѣ brězě	брѣзама brězama	брѣзамъ brězamŭ
accusative	брѣзѫ brězǫ	брѣзѣ brězě	брѣзꙑ brězy
instrumental	брѣзоѭ brězojǫ	брѣзама brězama	брѣзами brězami
locative	брѣзѣ brězě	брѣзу brězu	брѣзахъ brězaxŭ
vocative	брѣзо brězo	брѣзѣ brězě	брѣзꙑ brězy

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “брѣза”, 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), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 186