ежевика

Russian

ежевика

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *eževika. By surface analysis, ёж (jož, “hedgehog”) +‎ -евый (-evyj) +‎ -и́ка (-íka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [(j)ɪʐɨˈvʲikə]

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Noun

ежеви́ка • (ježevíka) f inan (genitive ежеви́ки, nominative plural ежеви́ки, genitive plural ежеви́к, relational adjective ежеви́чный)

1. (usually singular) bramble, blackberry bush

   Synonym: куманика (kumanika)

2. Clipping of ежеви́ка си́зая (ježevíka sízaja, “dewberry”).

   Synonym: росяника (rosjanika)

3. (usually singular) berries of blackberry or dewberry shrub

Declension

Declension of ежеви́ка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ежеви́ка ježevíka	ежеви́ки ježevíki
genitive	ежеви́ки ježevíki	ежеви́к ježevík
dative	ежеви́ке ježevíke	ежеви́кам ježevíkam
accusative	ежеви́ку ježevíku	ежеви́ки ježevíki
instrumental	ежеви́кой, ежеви́кою ježevíkoj, ježevíkoju	ежеви́ками ježevíkami
prepositional	ежеви́ке ježevíke	ежеви́ках ježevíkax

Pre-reform declension of ежеви́ка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ежеви́ка ježevíka	ежеви́ки ježevíki
genitive	ежеви́ки ježevíki	ежеви́къ ježevík
dative	ежеви́кѣ ježevíkě	ежеви́камъ ježevíkam
accusative	ежеви́ку ježevíku	ежеви́ки ježevíki
instrumental	ежеви́кой, ежеви́кою ježevíkoj, ježevíkoju	ежеви́ками ježevíkami
prepositional	ежеви́кѣ ježevíkě	ежеви́кахъ ježevíkax

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ежевика”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ежевика”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 281