клек
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klękъ (“crooked, bowed tree”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [klɛk]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛk
Noun
клек • (klek) m (relational adjective кле́ков)
- mountain pine (conifer shrub of species Pinus mugo)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | клек klek |
кле́кове klékove |
| definite (subject form) |
кле́кът klékǎt |
кле́ковете klékovete |
| definite (object form) |
кле́ка kléka | |
| count form | — | кле́ка kléka |
Derived terms
- клека́ш (klekáš, “shrub, bush”) (dialectal)
- клековина́ (klekoviná, “thicket of mountain pines”)
Related terms
References
- “клек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “клек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клек¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 429