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 بید (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)
Declension
Related terms
- ве́тка (vétka)
- ветви́стый (vetvístyj)
- ветви́ться (vetvítʹsja), разветвля́ться (razvetvljátʹsja), разветви́ться (razvetvítʹsja)
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