betula
See also: Betula and bétula
Latin
Alternative forms
- betulla
Etymology
From Gaulish *bitu, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā, *betu, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷetu-yo-s, *gʷetw-iyo-s, from *gʷet-.[1][2]
Compare Welsh bedwen. See also Latin bitūmen (“tar”), which was instead borrowed through another Italic language.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbe.tu.la/, [ˈbɛ.tʊ.ɫa]
Noun
betula f (genitive betulae); first declension
- birch tree.
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | betula | betulae |
| Genitive | betulae | betulārum |
| Dative | betulae | betulīs |
| Accusative | betulam | betulās |
| Ablative | betulā | betulīs |
| Vocative | betula | betulae |
Derived terms
- betulus
Descendants
- Catalan: bedoll
- French: bouleau
- Italian: betulla
- Portuguese: bétula
- Romanian: betulă
- Spanish: abedul
- Translingual: Betula
References
- betula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 64
- Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 326
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Italian bettola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bêtula/
- Hyphenation: be‧tu‧la
Noun
bȅtula f (Cyrillic spelling бе̏тула)
- (regional, derogatory) pub
Declension
Declension of betula
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | betula | betule |
| genitive | betule | betula |
| dative | betuli | betulama |
| accusative | betulu | betule |
| vocative | betulo | betule |
| locative | betuli | betulama |
| instrumental | betulom | betulama |
References
- “betula” in Hrvatski jezični portal