лейка
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лейка
Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, ле́я (léja, “to pour”) + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation
Noun
ле́йка • (léjka) f
- watering can
- поли́вам цветя́та с ле́йка
- polívam cvetjáta s léjka
- water the flowers with a watering can
- (figurative, slightly offensive) dolt, moron
- куха лейка ― kuha lejka ― empty-head
Declension
Declension of ле́йка
References
- “лейка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “лейка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “лѣйка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 3
Russian
Etymology
лить (litʹ) + -ка (-ka)[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
ле́йка • (léjka) f inan (genitive ле́йки, nominative plural ле́йки, genitive plural ле́ек)
- watering can
- (nautical) bail
- Leika (brand of camera)
Declension
Declension of ле́йка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
References
- ^ §1079 of Грамматика русского языка, volume 1
- ^ Павский, 1842, Филологические наблюдения над составом русского языка: об именах существительных. Второе рассуждение. 356 pp.