вольха
Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian ольха (olʹxa),[1][2] from Proto-Slavic *olьxa.[3] Cognate with Ukrainian ві́льха (vílʹxa). Doublet of алёс (aljós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvolʲxa]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -olʲxa
- Hyphenation: во‧льха, воль‧ха
Noun
во́льха • (vólʹxa) f inan (genitive во́льхі, nominative plural во́льхі, genitive plural вольх or во́льхаў, relational adjective альхо́вы)
- alder
- Synonym: але́шына (aljéšyna)
Declension
Declension of во́льха (inan velar fem-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | во́льха vólʹxa |
во́льхі vólʹxi |
| genitive | во́льхі vólʹxi |
вольх, во́льхаў volʹx, vólʹxaŭ |
| dative | во́льсе vólʹsje |
во́льхам vólʹxam |
| accusative | во́льху vólʹxu |
во́льхі vólʹxi |
| instrumental | во́льхай, во́льхаю vólʹxaj, vólʹxaju |
во́льхамі vólʹxami |
| locative | во́льсе vólʹsje |
во́льхах vólʹxax |
| count form | — | во́льхі1 vólʹxi1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “ольха”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 22 (оддыханье – ость), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 198
- ^ Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1984), “вольха, волха”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 4 (вкупитися – вспевати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 169
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “во́льха”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 190
Further reading
- “вольха” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- "вольха" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum