босилек

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• боси́ляк (bosíljak), боси́льок (bosíljok) — dialectal

Etymology

Derived from Late Latin basilicum (“basil”), from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón, “basil”). Compare Serbo-Croatian босиљак.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boˈsilɛk]

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• Hyphenation^(key): бо‧си‧лек

Noun

боси́лек • (bosílek) m (relational adjective боси́лков, diminutive боси́лчец)

1. (uncountable) basil (Ocimum basilicum) (plant and herb)

Declension

Declension of боси́лек

	singular
indefinite	боси́лек bosílek
definite (subject form)	боси́лекът bosílekǎt
definite (object form)	боси́лека bosíleka

References

• “босилек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “босилек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “босилек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 69

Macedonian

Alternative forms

• босилок (bosilok)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔsilɛk]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

босилек • (bosilek) m

1. basil (herb)

Declension

Declension of босилек

	singular
indefinite	босилек
definite unspecified	босилекот
definite proximal	босилеков
definite distal	босилекон
vocative	босилеку