береста
See also: берёста and Берестя
Russian
Alternative forms
- берёста (berjósta)
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic бересто (beresto), from Proto-Slavic *bersto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʲɪrʲɪˈsta]
Noun
береста́ • (berestá) f inan (genitive бересты́, nominative plural берёсты, genitive plural берёст, relational adjective берестяно́й)
- birchbark (bark of the birch tree, especially the paper birch)
Declension
Declension of береста́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-d)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | береста́ berestá |
берёсты berjósty |
| genitive | бересты́ berestý |
берёст berjóst |
| dative | бересте́ beresté |
берёстам berjóstam |
| accusative | бересту́ berestú |
берёсты berjósty |
| instrumental | бересто́й, бересто́ю berestój, berestóju |
берёстами berjóstami |
| prepositional | бересте́ beresté |
берёстах berjóstax |
Derived terms
- берестоло́гия f (berestológija, “berestology”)
Related terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “берест”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- See: Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “берёза”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010), “береста”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 59
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “берёста”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbʲerʲɪstə]
Noun
бе́реста • (béresta) m inan
- genitive singular of бе́рест (bérest)
Descendants
- → Russenorsk: bersta