vrba

See also: Vrba and vŕba

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vrba, from Proto-Slavic *vьrba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvr̩ba]

Noun

vrba f (related adjective vrbový)

1. willow (tree or shrub)
2. good confidant

Declension

Declension of vrba (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	vrba	vrby
genitive	vrby	vrb
dative	vrbě	vrbám
accusative	vrbu	vrby
vocative	vrbo	vrby
locative	vrbě	vrbách
instrumental	vrbou	vrbami

Derived terms

adjectives

• vrbičkový

 

nouns

• vrbička
• vrbka
• vrbovka

 

Further reading

• “vrba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vrba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vrba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьrba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋř̩ːba/
• Hyphenation: vr‧ba

Noun

vŕba f (Cyrillic spelling вр́ба)

1. willow
2. osier

Declension

Declension of vrba

	singular	plural
nominative	vrba	vrbe
genitive	vrbe	vrbi
dative	vrbi	vrbama
accusative	vrbu	vrbe
vocative	vrbo	vrbe
locative	vrbi	vrbama
instrumental	vrbom	vrbama

References

• “vrba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьrba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋə̀rba/

Noun

vŕba f

1. willow (tree)

Inflection

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.	vŕba
gen. sing.	vŕbe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vŕba	vŕbi	vŕbe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vŕbe	vŕb	vŕb
dative (dajȃlnik)	vŕbi	vŕbama	vŕbam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	vŕbo	vŕbi	vŕbe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vŕbi	vŕbah	vŕbah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vŕbo	vŕbama	vŕbami

Further reading

• “vrba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024