{"id":10037,"date":"2017-06-12T07:53:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T07:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=10037"},"modified":"2017-06-27T19:00:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T19:00:50","slug":"into-the-woods-tree-names-in-russian-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/into-the-woods-tree-names-in-russian-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Into The Woods: Tree Names in Russian \u2014 Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my own language-learning endeavo(u)rs, I often find that I have the vocabulary to talk about more abstract subject like governance or culture but don&#8217;t know the words for objects in the physical world. If you have that problem, too, you may want to look at our posts about <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/etymology-of-russian-fruit-and-vegetable-names\/\">fruit and vegetables<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/basic-astronomy-in-russian\/\">planets<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/can-you-name-10-birds-in-russian\/\">birds<\/a>. To help you grow your vocabulary, here are some trees you may see around Russia or read about in Russian.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10048\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10048\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10048\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/birch-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"birch trees\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/birch-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/birch-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/birch-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/birch.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>\u0411\u0435\u0440\u0451\u0437\u0430 \u2014 Birch<\/h2>\n<p>Easily recognized by its white trunk (<strong>\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u043b<\/strong>), <strong>\u0431\u0435\u0440\u0451\u0437\u0430<\/strong> (birch) is considered a symbol of Russia. Common phrases with \u0431\u0435\u0440\u0451\u0437\u0430 include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0431\u0435\u0440\u0451\u0437\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0439 \u0441\u043e\u043a (birch sap)<\/li>\n<li>\u0431\u0435\u0440\u0451\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u044f \u0440<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u043e<\/span>\u0449\u0430 (birch grove)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u0412 \u0440\u0443\u0301\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043c \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0435\u0301 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0301\u0432\u043e <em>\u0431\u0435\u0440\u0451\u0437\u0430<\/em> \u2015 \u044d\u0301\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u0442\u043e\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u043e\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0451\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0442\u0438\u043f \u0434\u0435\u0301\u0440\u0435\u0432\u0430, \u043d\u043e \u0438 \u0430\u0441\u0441\u043e\u0446\u0438\u0430\u0301\u0446\u0438\u044f \u0441 \u043d\u0435\u0301\u0436\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0301\u0439 \u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0301\u0439 \u0437\u0435\u043c\u043b\u0438\u0301.<br \/>\nIn Russian, the word &#8220;birch&#8221; is not only a specific kind of tree but also associated with the tender beauty of the native land.<br \/>\n[\u0418. \u0413. \u041c\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439. \u0413\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043c \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u043f\u043e \u0441\u043c\u044b\u0441\u043b\u0443 \u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u043e \u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0435? (2013)]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the best-known folk songs is &#8220;\u0412\u043e \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0435 \u0431\u0435\u0440\u0451\u0437\u0430 \u0441\u0442\u043e\u044f\u043b\u0430&#8221; (&#8220;A Birch Stood in The Field&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Riq7e6GkXPg<\/p>\n<h2>\u0414\u0443\u0431 \u2014 Oak<\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u0414\u0443\u0431<\/strong> is the Russian for an oak. <strong>\u0414\u0443\u0431<\/strong> is also said colloquially to refer to a stupid person. A related word is <strong>\u0434\u0443\u0431<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430<\/strong> (a wooden club).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u041d\u0430 \u043a\u0430\u0301\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u043f\u043b\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0430\u0445 \u0434\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0301 \u043b\u0435\u0436\u0430\u0301\u043b\u0438 \u0436\u0451\u043b\u0442\u044b\u0435 \u0438 \u043e\u0440\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0436\u0435\u0432\u044b\u0435 \u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044c\u044f \u0434\u0443\u0301\u0431\u0430.<br \/>\nYellow and orange oak leaves were lying on the stone tiles of the yard.<br \/>\n[\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u0421\u043e\u043b\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0446\u044b\u043d. \u0412 \u043a\u0440\u0443\u0433\u0435 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u043e\u043c, \u0442.1, \u0433\u043b. 1-25 (1968) \/\/ \u00ab\u041d\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0439 \u041c\u0438\u0440\u00bb, 1990]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>\u041a\u043b\u0451\u043d \u2014 Maple<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_10049\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10049\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10049\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/maple-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"maple leaves\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/maple-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/maple-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/maple-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/maple.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u041a\u043b\u0451\u043d<\/strong> (maple) is known for the pretty shape of its leaves and its bright colo(u)r in the fall. There are several expressions related to \u043a\u043b\u0451\u043d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u043a\u043b\u0435\u043d<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u0439 \u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442 (maple leaf)<\/li>\n<li>\u043a\u043b\u0435\u043d<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u0439 \u0441\u0438\u0440<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u043e<\/span>\u043f (maple syrup)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u041e\u0301\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c\u044e \u0437\u0430\u043c\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0438\u043b \u043d\u0430 \u0443\u0301\u043b\u0438\u0446\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0301\u0448\u0435\u0433\u043e \u0433\u043e\u0301\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430 \u043a\u043b\u0451\u043d, \u0434\u0432\u0430 \u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0301 \u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0301\u0440\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u0440\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0438\u0301\u0441\u044c \u0441 \u043f\u043e\u0301\u043c\u043e\u0449\u044c\u044e \u0432\u0435\u0301\u0442\u043a\u0438.<br \/>\nIn the autumn, I noticed a maple growing on a street in our town whose two trunks were fused together with the help of a branch.<br \/>\n[\u041d. \u0417\u0430\u043c\u044f\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0430. \u0421\u0430\u043c\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0437\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0438\u0432\u043a\u0430 \/\/ \u00ab\u041d\u0430\u0443\u043a\u0430 \u0438 \u0436\u0438\u0437\u043d\u044c\u00bb, 2007]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>\u0422<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u043e<\/span>\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c \u2014 Poplar<\/h2>\n<p>You may know <strong>\u0442<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u043e<\/span>\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c<\/strong> (plural <strong>\u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043b<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u044f<\/span><\/strong>) from the &#8220;fluff&#8221; (<strong>\u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043b<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043f\u0443\u0445<\/strong>) that blows around from the female trees in the summer.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u042f \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0443\u0301\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0438 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0433\u043b\u044f\u0301\u0434\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0443\u0301\u0449\u0438\u0439 \u0440\u044f\u0301\u0434\u043e\u043c \u0441 \u0434\u043e\u0301\u043c\u043e\u043c \u0442\u043e\u0301\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c.<br \/>\nI turned around and started studying the poplar growing by the house.<br \/>\n[\u0412\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0439 \u041c\u0435\u0434\u0432\u0435\u0434\u0435\u0432. \u0411\u0430\u0440\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0438\u043d, \u0431\u0443\u0434\u044c \u0447\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043a\u043e\u043c! (1957)]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u0418<\/span>\u0432\u0430 \u2014 Willow<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_10050\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10050\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10050\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/willow-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"willow\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/willow-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/willow-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/willow-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/willow.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u0418<\/span>\u0432\u0430<\/strong> is a tree that often grows by the water and stoops down to touch it. This may be the origin of its nickname, <strong>\u043f\u043b\u0430\u043a<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u0443<\/span>\u0447\u0430\u044f <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u0430<\/strong> (weeping willow).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u041f\u043b\u0430\u043a\u0443\u0301\u0447\u0430\u044f \u0438\u0301\u0432\u0430 \u0441\u043a\u043b\u043e\u043d\u0438\u0301\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0434 \u0432\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0301\u0439.<br \/>\nA weeping willow was leaning over the water.<br \/>\n[\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0435\u0439 \u0421\u043b\u0430\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439. \u0413\u0438\u0431\u0435\u043b\u044c \u0433\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0430 (1994-1995)]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We will continue this list <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/into-the-woods-tree-names-in-russian-part-ii\/\">next time<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/willow-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"willow\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/willow-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/willow-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/willow-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/willow.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>In my own language-learning endeavo(u)rs, I often find that I have the vocabulary to talk about more abstract subject like governance or culture but don&#8217;t know the words for objects in the physical world. If you have that problem, too, you may want to look at our posts about fruit and vegetables, planets, and birds&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/into-the-woods-tree-names-in-russian-part-i\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":10050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[8825,494411,2332,253079,250249,11810],"class_list":["post-10037","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-language","tag-biology","tag-flora","tag-nature","tag-russian-vocabulary","tag-thematic-vocabulary","tag-trees"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10037"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10080,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10037\/revisions\/10080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}