ветвь

Russian

Alternative forms

вѣтвь (větvʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣтвь (větvĭ), from Proto-Slavic *větvь, *větь, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis. Cognates include Bulgarian ве́тва (vétva), ве́тка (vétka), ве́я (véja), and ве́йка (véjka), Slovene vȇja (tonal orthography), Czech větev, Slovak vetva, Ukrainian ві́та (víta). Non-Slavic cognates include Latin vītis (“vine”), German Weide (“willow”), Old Prussian witwan (“willow”), Persian (bid, “willow”) and English withe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [vʲetfʲ]
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Noun

ветвь • (vetvʹ) f inan (genitive ве́тви, nominative plural ве́тви, genitive plural ветве́й, relational adjective ветвяно́й, diminutive ве́тка)

branch, bough, limb (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing)

Declension

Declension of ветвь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e)

	singular	plural
nominative	ве́твь vétvʹ	ве́тви vétvi
genitive	ве́тви vétvi	ветве́й vetvéj
dative	ве́тви vétvi	ветвя́м vetvjám
accusative	ве́твь vétvʹ	ве́тви vétvi
instrumental	ве́твью vétvʹju	ветвя́ми vetvjámi
prepositional	ве́тви vétvi	ветвя́х vetvjáx

Related terms

ве́тка (vétka)
ветви́стый (vetvístyj)
ветви́ться (vetvítʹsja), разветвля́ться (razvetvljátʹsja), разветви́ться (razvetvítʹsja)

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