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Bulgarian
Etymology
Derived from Late Latin basilicum (“basil”), from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón, “basil”). Compare Serbo-Croatian босиљак.
Pronunciation
Noun
боси́лек • (bosílek) m (relational adjective боси́лков, diminutive боси́лчец)
- (uncountable) basil (Ocimum basilicum) (plant and herb)
Declension
Declension of боси́лек
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singular
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indefinite
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боси́лек bosílek
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definite (subject form)
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боси́лекът bosílekǎt
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definite (object form)
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боси́лека bosíleka
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References
- “босилек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “босилек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “босилек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 69
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón).
Pronunciation
Noun
босилек • (bosilek) m
- basil (herb)
Declension