зелень

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See also: зеленъ

Russian

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  • Hyphenation: зе́‧лень

Noun

зе́лень (zélenʹf inan (genitive зе́лени, nominative plural зе́лени, genitive plural зе́леней)

  1. (collective) greenery, verdure (vegetation)
    • 1877, Лев Толстой , “Часть III Глава XV”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:
      Останови́вшись и взгляну́в на колеба́вшиеся от ве́тра верши́ны оси́ны с обмы́тыми, я́рко блиста́ющими на холо́дном со́лнце ли́стьями, она́ поняла́, что они́ не простя́т, что всё и все к ней тепе́рь бу́дут безжа́лостны, как э́то не́бо, как э́та зе́лень.
      Ostanovívšisʹ i vzgljanúv na kolebávšijesja ot vétra veršíny osíny s obmýtymi, járko blistájuščimi na xolódnom sólnce lístʹjami, oná ponjalá, što oní ne prostját, što vsjo i vse k nej tepérʹ búdut bezžálostny, kak éto nébo, kak éta zélenʹ.
      Standing still, and looking at the tops of the aspen trees waving in the wind, with their freshly washed, brightly shining leaves in the cold sunshine, she knew that they would not forgive her, that everyone and everything would be merciless to her now as was that sky, that green.
  2. (collective) greens (leaves and green stems of plants eaten as vegetables or in salads)
  3. green (color or pigment)
  4. (colloquial) dollars, greenbacks

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

Related to зеле́ний (zelényj) +‎ ()

Pronunciation

Noun

зе́лень (zélenʹf inan (genitive зе́лені, uncountable)

  1. (collective) greenery, verdure (green vegetation)
    Synonyms: (dialectal) зелени́на f (zelenýna), (dialectal) зе́лення n (zélennja)
  2. (collective) greens (leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads)
    Synonym: (dialectal) зелени́на f (zelenýna)
  3. green (color/colour)
  4. green (any substance or pigment of a green colour)
  5. (collective, slang, money) dollars, greenbacks

Declension

Declension of зе́лень
(inan sg-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
singular
nominative зе́лень
zélenʹ
genitive зе́лені
zéleni
dative зе́лені
zéleni
accusative зе́лень
zélenʹ
instrumental зе́ленню
zélennju
locative зе́лені
zéleni
vocative зе́лене
zélene

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