vetva

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *větvь. Cognates include Bulgarian ветва (vetva), Russian ветвь (vetvʹ), Old Polish wiećw. Non-Slavic cognates include Latin vītis (“vine”), German Weide (“willow”), Old Prussian witwan (willow), Persian بید (bid, “willow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvetva]

Noun

vetva f (genitive singular vetvy, nominative plural vetvy, genitive plural vetiev, declension pattern of žena)

1. branch

   Synonym: konár

Declension

Declension of vetva

	singular	plural
nominative	vetva	vetvy
genitive	vetvy	vetiev
dative	vetve	vetvám
accusative	vetvu	vetvy
locative	vetve	vetvách
instrumental	vetvou	vetvami

Derived terms

• vetvový
• vetvička

Further reading

• “vetva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024