birch

Значение (Английский)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
2. (countable, uncountable) A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
3. (countable, uncountable) A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
4. (countable, uncountable) A birch-bark canoe.

Verb

1. (transitive) To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
2. (transitive) To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

Синонимы

birch tree

birchen

birken

birch rod

switch

rod

whip

birch wood

twig

Betula

flog

scourge

sprig

staff

stick

flail

tree

🌳

birchwood

wand

flagellate

wicker

withe

withy

birch-tree

cowhide

buff

hunting crop

silver birch

yellow birch

betulaceous

knock about

lather

Переводы

bouleau

betulla

abedul

Birke

berk

bedoll

bétula

huş

σημύδα

vidoeiro

berkeboom

betula

beç

Hänge-Birke

Произносится как (IPA)

/bɜːtʃ/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: birche

Унаследовано от староанглийский: birċe

Родственно западнофризский: bjirk

Родственно немецкий: Birke

Родственно нидерландский: berk

Родственно шведский: björk

Родственно норвежский: bjørk

Родственно санскрит: भूर्ज

Родственно литовский: béržas

Родственно чешский: bříza

Родственно осетинский: бӕрз

Родственно русский: берёза

Родственно латинский: fraxinus

Родственно албанский: bredh

In summary

PIE word
*bʰerHǵós
From Middle English birche, birk, from Old English birċe, bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos.
Cognates
Compare West Frisian bjirk, German Birke, variant of *berkō (compare Dutch berk, Danish birk, Swedish björk, Norwegian bjørk), Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá), Lithuanian béržas, Czech bříza, Ossetian бӕрз (bærz), Russian берёза (berjóza)), Latin fraxinus (“ash tree, ash javelin”), Albanian bredh.