леска

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дръмка леска

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̄skà.

Pronunciation

Noun

леска́ or ле́ска (leská or léskaf (relational adjective леско́в)

  1. hazel (shrub or tree of genus Corylus)
    обикновена лескаobiknovena leskaCorylus avellana
    бяла лескаbjala leskaCorylus colurna
    дървовидна лескаdǎrvovidna leskaCorylus colurna
    черна леска (figuratively)černa leskabuckthorn
    дива леска (figuratively)diva leskaalder

Declension

Derived terms

  • лес (les, forest)
  • леса́ (lesá, dense vegetation, live-hedge) (dialectal)

References

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̄skà.

Pronunciation

Noun

леска (leskaf

  1. hazel

Declension

Further reading

  • леска” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
  • леска” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
  • леска in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Russian

Etymology 1

Diminutive from леса.

Pronunciation

Noun

ле́ска (léskaf inan (genitive ле́ски, nominative plural ле́ски, genitive plural ле́сок)

  1. fishing line
  2. monofilament line, used in string trimmers
Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

леска́ (leskám inan

  1. genitive singular of лесо́к (lesók)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lěːska/
  • Hyphenation: лес‧ка

Noun

ле́ска f (Latin spelling léska)

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

Declension

References

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