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Bulgarian
Etymology
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Particularly: “BER does not acknowledge Proto-Slavic *klečьka, unlike Macedonian below. Considers клек + -ъка a possible formation.”
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Pronunciation
Noun
кле́чка • (kléčka) f (diminutive кле́чица)
- stick (short rod)
- кле́чка за уши́ ― kléčka za uší ― cotton swab (literally, “stick for ears”)
- stick, twig (pole made of wood)
- (informal) beanpole, skeleton (a very thin person)
Declension
Derived terms
- ва́жна кле́чка (vážna kléčka, “bigwig”)
- вари́-кле́чка (varí-kléčka, “miser”)
- вкле́ча се (vkléča se, “cramp because of standing still for too long”)
- вкле́чвам се (vkléčvam se)
- кле́чав (kléčav, “stick-covered”)
- клечета́к (klečeták)
- кле́чи (kléči, “thin like a stick”)
- клечка́в (klečkáv, “having uncut branches”)
- Кле́чков (Kléčkov, “surname”)
- Кле́чковски (Kléčkovski, “surname”)
- клечкодре́н (klečkodrén, “Cornus sanguinea”)
- клечо́к (klečók)
- клечо́р (klečór)
- клечота́к (klečoták)
- клечуна́к (klečunák, “many sticks”)
- клечьо́к (klečjók)
- клечюла́к (klečjulák)
Descendants
References
- “клечка”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “клечка”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клѐчка”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 445
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klečьka.
Pronunciation
Noun
клечка • (klečka) f (plural клечки)
- short wooden stick
- toothpick
- matchstick