зелень

• IPA^(key): [ˈzʲelʲɪnʲ]

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• Hyphenation: зе́‧лень

зе́лень • (zélenʹ) f inan (genitive зе́лени, nominative plural зе́лени, genitive plural зе́леней)

1. (collective) greenery, verdure (vegetation)
   • 1877, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “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

Related to зеле́ний (zelényj) +‎ -ь (-ʹ)

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛɫenʲ]

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зе́лень • (zélenʹ) f 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

• 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 [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “зелень”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “зелень”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)