vrijes

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• vrȇs (Ekavian)

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): /ʋrijêːs/
• Hyphenation: vri‧jes

Noun

vrijȇs m (Cyrillic spelling врије̑с)

1. heather
2. heath

Declension

Declension of vrijes

	singular	plural
nominative	vrijȇs	vrijésovi
genitive	vrijesa	vrijesova
dative	vrijesu	vrijesovima
accusative	vrijes	vrijesove
vocative	vrijesu	vrijesovi
locative	vrijesu	vrijesovima
instrumental	vrijesom	vrijesovima

References

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