vres

See also: VREs, vřes, vřeš, and vřěs

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• vrijȇs (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *versъ (Russian ве́реск (véresk), Polish wrzos), akin to Latvian virsis, from Proto-Indo-European *werḱ- (Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē), Old Irish froech).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋrêːs/

Noun

vrȇs m (Cyrillic spelling вре̑с)

1. heather
2. heath

Declension

Declension of vres

	singular	plural
nominative	vrȇs	vrésovi
genitive	vresa	vresova
dative	vresu	vresovima
accusative	vres	vresove
vocative	vresu	vresovi
locative	vresu	vresovima
instrumental	vresom	vresovima

References

• “vres”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *versъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vres]

Noun

vres m inan (related adjective vresový)

1. heather

Declension

Declension of vres (pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	vres	vresy
genitive	vresu	vresov
dative	vresu	vresom
accusative	vres	vresy
locative	vrese	vresoch
instrumental	vresom	vresmi

Further reading

• “vres”, 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, 2003–2024

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *versъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋréːs/

Noun

vrẹ̑s m

1. heather

   Synonym: résa

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.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	vres
gen. sing.	vresa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vres	vresa	vresi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vresa	vresov	vresov
dative (dajȃlnik)	vresu	vresoma	vresom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	vres	vresa	vrese
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vresu	vresih	vresih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vresom	vresoma	vresi

Further reading

• “vres”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024