ветвь

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic вѣтвь (větvĭ), from Proto-Slavic [Term?]. Cognates include Bulgarian ве́тва (vétva), ве́тка (vétka), ве́я (véja), and вейка (vejka), Slovene vȇja (tonal orthography), Czech větev, Slovak vetva. Non-Slavic cognates include Latin vītis (“vine”), German Weide (“willow”), Old Prussian witwan (“willow”), Persian ‎ (bid, “willow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [vʲetfʲ]
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Noun

ветвь • (vetvʹ) f inan (genitive ве́тви, nominative plural ве́тви, genitive plural ветве́й)

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)
ветвистый (vetvistyj)
ветви́ться (vetvítʹsja), разветвля́ться (razvetvljátʹsja), разветви́ться (razvetvítʹsja)

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