зеленика

Bulgarian
цвете зеленика (1)
птичка зеленика (2)

Etymology

By surface analysis, зеле́н (zelén, “green”) +‎ -ика (-ika).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [zɛlɛˈnikɐ]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

зелени́ка • (zeleníka) f

  1. periwinkle (flower of genus Vinca)
    Synonym: зимзелен (zimzelen)
  2. greenfinch (perching bird of genus Chloris)
  3. (dialectal) boxwood (shrub of genus Buxus)
    Synonym: чимши́р (čimšír)

Declension
Declension of зелени́ка
singular plural
indefinite зелени́ка
zeleníka		 зелени́ки
zeleníki
definite зелени́ката
zeleníkata		 зелени́ките
zeleníkite
vocative form зелени́ко
zeleníko		 зелени́ки
zeleníki
  • зелени́ца (zeleníca, “greenery”) (dialectal)

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

Macedonian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [zɛˈlɛnika]

Noun

зеленика • (zelenika) f

  1. boxwood

Declension
Declension of зеленика
singular
indefinite зеленика
definite unspecified зелениката
definite proximal зеленикава
definite distal зеленикана
vocative зеленике
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