лелек

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Bulgarian

Двойка черни лелеци

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic лиликъ (lilikŭ), probably a wanderwort akin to Turkish leylek (“stork”), Albanian lejlek (“stork”), Greek λέλεκας (lélekas, “wading bird”), Ukrainian леле́ка (leléka, “stork”), ultimately from Classical Persian لَک‌ْلَک (lak-lak).

Compare also Czech lelek (“nightjar”).

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Noun

ле́лек • (lélek) m

  1. (dialectal) stork (wading bird of family Ciconiidae)
    Synonym: щъ́ркел (štǎ́rkel)

Declension

Declension of ле́лек
singular plural
indefinite ле́лек
lélek 		ле́леци
léleci
definite
(subject form) 		ле́лекът
lélekǎt 		ле́леците
lélecite
definite
(object form) 		ле́лека
léleka
count form — ле́лека
léleka
vocative form ле́леко
léleko 		ле́леци
léleci

Alternative forms

References

  • “лелек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лелек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 354

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

лелек • (lelek) m

  1. lament, wail, cry

Declension

Declension of лелек
singular plural
indefinite лелек (lelek) лелеци (leleci)
definite unspecified лелекот (lelekot) лелеците (lelecite)
definite proximal лелеков (lelekov) лелециве (lelecive)
definite distal лелекон (lelekon) лелецине (lelecine)
vocative лелеку (leleku) лелеци (leleci)
count form — лелека (leleka)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lêleːk/
  • Hyphenation: ле‧лек

Noun

ле̏ле̄к m (Latin spelling lȅlēk)

  1. wailing, weeping

Declension

Declension of лелек
singular
nominative лелек
genitive лелека
dative лелеку
accusative лелек
vocative лелече
locative лелеку
instrumental лелеком

Further reading

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