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ветвь

ветвь

Russian

Noun

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

  1. 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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲetfʲ]

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