breza

See also: brezá, brěza, breză, and бреза

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *berza, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *berźas, *berźā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós, *bʰerHǵeh₂.

Noun

brȅza f (Cyrillic spelling бре̏за)

1. birch (tree)

Declension

Declension of breza

	singular	plural
nominative	brȅza	breze
genitive	breze	brȇzā
dative	brezi	brezama
accusative	brezu	breze
vocative	brezo	breze
locative	brezi	brezama
instrumental	brezom	brezama

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *berza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbreza]

Noun

breza f (declension pattern of žena)

1. birch

Declension

Declension of breza

	singular	plural
nominative	breza	brezy
genitive	brezy	briez
dative	breze	brezám
accusative	brezu	brezy
locative	breze	brezách
instrumental	brezou	brezami

Derived terms

• brezový
• briezka
• brezička

Further reading

• “breza”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *berza, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *berźas, *berźā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós, *bʰerHǵeh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brèːza/

Noun

brẹ́za f

1. birch (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.	bréza
gen. sing.	bréze
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bréza	brézi	bréze
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bréze	bréz	bréz
dative (dajȃlnik)	brézi	brézama	brézam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	brézo	brézi	bréze
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	brézi	brézah	brézah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	brézo	brézama	brézami

Further reading

• “breza”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Verb

breza

1. inflection of brezar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative