свёкла

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See also: свекла

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свёкла

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic сеѵклъ (seüklŭ), via Byzantine Greek from Ancient Greek σεῦκλον (seûklon), as is Bulgarian цвекло́ (cvekló), Macedonian цвекло (cveklo), Serbo-Croatian ци̏кла / cȉkla, Slovak / Czech cvikla, Polish ćwikła, also Hungarian cékla and Romanian sfeclă. Hither belongs also the taxonomic Beta vulgaris var. cicla and Arabic سِلْق (silq).

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Noun

свёкла (svjóklaf inan (genitive свёклы, nominative plural свёклы, genitive plural свёкл, relational adjective свеко́льный, diminutive свеко́лка)

  1. (botany, usually uncountable) beet (the root plant Beta vulgaris)

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  • Yakut: сүбүөкүлэ (sübüöküle)

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