береста

See also: берёста and Берестя

Russian

Alternative forms

  • берёста (berjósta)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪrʲɪˈsta]

Noun

береста́ • (berestáf inan (genitive бересты́, nominative plural *берёсты, genitive plural *берёст, relational adjective берестяно́й)

  1. birchbark (bark of the birch tree, especially the paper birch)
Declension
Derived terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “берест”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • See: Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “берёза”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “береста”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 59

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʲerʲɪstə]

Noun

бе́реста • (bérestam inan

  1. genitive singular of бе́рест (bérest)
Descendants
  • Russenorsk: bersta