zelena
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Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Adjective
zelena
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Related to Proto-Slavic *zelenъ (“green”), *žьltъ (“yellow”).
Noun
zelena (Cyrillic spelling зелена)
Adjective
zelena
- inflection of zelen:
Slovene
Etymology 1
Borrowed from a Romance language (cf. Friulian selino, regional Italian sellero), from Latin selīnum, from Ancient Greek σέλῑνον (sélīnon).
Pronunciation
Noun
zȇlena or zẹ̑lena f
Inflection
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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. | zêlena | ||
| gen. sing. | zêlene | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
zêlena | zêleni | zêlene |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
zêlene | zêlen | zêlen |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
zêleni | zêlenama | zêlenam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
zêleno | zêleni | zêlene |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
zêleni | zêlenah | zêlenah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
zêleno | zêlenama | zêlenami |
Further reading
- “zelena”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “zelena”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adjective
zelêna
- inflection of zelen: