betula

See also: Betula and bétula

Latin

Alternative forms

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

  1. 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

Descendants

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 64
  2. 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)

  1. (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
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