brusnica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brusьnica, from *brusьnъ + *-ica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brǔsnit͡sa/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

brùsnica f (Cyrillic spelling бру̀сница)

  1. cranberry

Declension

Declension of brusnica
singular plural
nominative brusnica brusnice
genitive brusnice brusnica
dative brusnici brusnicama
accusative brusnicu brusnice
vocative brusnice / brusnico brusnice
locative brusnici brusnicama
instrumental brusnicom brusnicama

Further reading

  • brusnica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *brusьnica, from *brusьnъ + *-ica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brúːsnit͡sa/

Noun

brȗsnica f

  1. lingonberry (plant)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. brúsnica
gen. sing. brúsnice
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
brúsnica brúsnici brúsnice
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
brúsnice brúsnic brúsnic
dative
(dajȃlnik)
brúsnici brúsnicama brúsnicam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
brúsnico brúsnici brúsnice
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
brúsnici brúsnicah brúsnicah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
brúsnico brúsnicama brúsnicami

Further reading

  • brusnica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • brusnica”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Upper Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brusьnica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʀusnit͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -usnit͡sa
  • Hyphenation: bru‧s‧ni‧ca
  • Syllabification: brus‧ni‧ca

Noun

brusnica f

  1. lingonberry, cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)

Declension

Descendants

  • German: Preiselbeere, Preißelbeere (unofficial, but not rare in edited texts)

References