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Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: зе́‧лень
Noun
зе́лень • (zélenʹ) f inan (genitive зе́лени, nominative plural зе́лени, genitive plural зе́леней)
- (collective) greenery, verdure (vegetation)
- (collective) greens (leaves and green stems of plants eaten as vegetables or in salads)
- green (color or pigment)
- (colloquial) dollars, greenbacks
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology
Related to зеле́ний (zelényj). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
зе́лень • (zélenʹ) f inan (genitive зе́лені, uncountable)
- (collective) greenery, verdure (green vegetation)
- Synonyms: (dialectal) зелени́на f (zelenýna), (dialectal) зе́лення n (zélennja)
- (collective) greens (leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads)
- Synonym: (dialectal) зелени́на f (zelenýna)
- green (color/colour)
- green (any substance or pigment of a green colour)
- (collective, slang, money) dollars, greenbacks
Declension
Declension of зе́лень (inan sg-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “зелень”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2015), “зелень”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (зга́га – ква́рта), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “зелень”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “зелень”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “зелень”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “зелень”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “зелень”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)