bērzs
Latvian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *berźas,[1] *berźā (with the long ē caused by the level intonation: er̄ > ēːr), from *bʰerHǵós.
Dialectal Latvian bērze is closer to Old Prussian, while dialectal Latvian bērza is closer to Slavic. Cognates include Lithuanian béržas, Old Prussian berse, Proto-Slavic *berza, Old English beorc, Old High German birka, English birch, German Birke, Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá), Latin frāxinus (“ash tree”) (< *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos). [2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bērzs m (1st declension)
- birch tree (gen. Betula)
- bērza lapa, malka, tāss ― birch leaf, wood, bark
- purva bērzs ― bog birch
- āra bērzs ― silver birch, European white birch
- nocirst bērzu ― to cut down a birch tree
- bērzu sula ― birch juice
- bērzu slota ― birch broom
- sasiet bērza zarus slotā ― to tie birch branches into a broom
Declension edit
Declension of bērzs (1st declension)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ “beržas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “bērzs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN