leska

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See also: leśka and lěska

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

leska

  1. inflection of leske:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

leska f

  1. (Żywiec) Alternative form of leśka

Further reading

  • Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “leska”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 357

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěska (Russian леско́вый (leskóvyj), Polish laska).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lěːska/
  • Hyphenation: les‧ka

Noun

léska f (Cyrillic spelling ле́ска)

  1. hazel tree or bush, filbert
  2. hazelwood stick

Declension

References

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěska.

Pronunciation

Noun

lẹ́ska f

  1. hazel (tree / shrub)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. léska
gen. sing. léske
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
léska léski léske
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
léske lésk lésk
dative
(dajȃlnik)
léski léskama léskam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
lésko léski léske
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
léski léskah léskah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
lésko léskama léskami

Further reading

  • leska”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024