лале

See also: лалэ and Appendix:Variations of "lale"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لاله (lale), from Persian لاله (lâle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫɐˈlɛ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ла‧ле

Noun

лале́ • (lalé) n

1. tulip

Declension

Declension of лале́

	singular	plural
indefinite	лале́ lalé	лале́та laléta
definite	лале́то laléto	лале́тата lalétata

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лалѐ”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 297
• “лале”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫalɛ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

лале • (lale) n (diminutive лаленце, augmentative лалиште)

1. tulip

Declension

Declension of лале

	singular	plural
indefinite	лале	лалиња
definite unspecified	лалето	лалињата
definite proximal	лалево	лалињава
definite distal	лалено	лалињана
vocative	лале	лалиња