лелек
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Двойка черни лелеци
Bulgarian
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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ле́лек • (lélek) m
- (dialectal) stork (wading bird of family Ciconiidae)
- Synonym: щъ́ркел (štǎ́rkel)
Declension
| 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
- ли́лик (lílik), ли́лек (lílek) — dialectal
- лейле́к (lejlék) — from Turkish
- ле́ляк (léljak) — reanalyzed with suffix -як (-jak)
Related terms
- леле́ча impf (leléča), леле́кам pf (lelékam, “to say le-le”)
- леле́я (leléja, “to wail, to lament”) (colloquial)
References
- “лелек”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лелек”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 354
Macedonian
Etymology
Of imitative origin, compare Czech lelek (“nightjar”).
Pronunciation
Noun
лелек • (lelek) m
Declension
| 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
Etymology
Of imitative origin, similar to lelekati.
Pronunciation
Noun
ле̏ле̄к m (Latin spelling lȅlēk)
Declension
Declension of лелек
Further reading
- “лелек”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025