burja

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *buřa, akin to Bulgarian and Russian буря (burja), Serbo-Croatian bura, Slovak búrka and búrať (to crush). Non-Slavic cognates include Old Norse byrr (fair wind), Latin furō (I rage, rave), Sanskrit भुरति (bhurati, to stir, palpitate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /búrja/

Noun

búrja f

  1. bora (wind)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. búrja
gen. sing. búrje
singular dual plural
nominative búrja búrji búrje
accusative búrjo búrji búrje
genitive búrje búrij búrij
dative búrji búrjama búrjam
locative búrji búrjah búrjah
instrumental búrjo búrjama búrjami

Further reading

  • burja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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