березозол

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic березозолъ (berezozolŭ, April). The first part is from берёза (berjóza), the second is likely related to зелёный (zeljónyj), compare зо́лото (zóloto), злак (zlak). The meaning is therefore: "the month when birches leaf out".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪrʲɪzɐˈzoɫ]

Noun

березозо́л • (berezozól) m inan (genitive березозо́ла, nominative plural березозо́лы, genitive plural березозо́лов)

  1. (obsolete) March
    Synonym: март (mart)

Declension

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