зелка

Bulgarian

Heads of cabbage

Etymology

By surface analysis, зе́ле (zéle, “greenery”) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛɫkɐ]

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• Hyphenation^(key): зел‧ка

Noun

зе́лка • (zélka) f

1. head of cabbage

   Synonym: кочан зеле (kočan zele)

   Купих две зелки.

   Kupih dve zelki.

   I bought two cabbages.

Declension

Declension of зе́лка

	singular	plural
indefinite	зе́лка zélka	зе́лки zélki
definite	зе́лката zélkata	зе́лките zélkite

Related terms

• зе́ле (zéle, “cabbage plant”)
• зеле́н (zelén, “green”)

References

• “зелка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “зелка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Cognate with Bulgarian зеле (zele), Serbo-Croatian zelje, Czech zelí.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛɫka]

Noun

зелка • (zelka) f (diminutive зелче)

1. cabbage

Declension

Declension of зелка

	singular	plural
indefinite	зелка	зелки
definite unspecified	зелката	зелките
definite proximal	зелкава	зелкиве
definite distal	зелкана	зелкине
vocative	зелко	зелки