зеле

Bulgarian

Зеле

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zelьje (“foliage”), originally a collective sg. tantum with meaning cluster of greenery, leaves. Morphologically equivalent to Proto-Slavic *zelь +‎ -е (-e).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛlɛ]

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Noun

зе́ле • (zéle) n (relational adjective зе́лев, diminutive зе́лка)

1. cabbage (plant of varieties of species Brassica oleracea)

Declension

Declension of зе́ле

	singular
indefinite	зе́ле zéle
definite	зе́лето zéleto

Alternative forms

• зел (zel) — dialectal

Derived terms

• зе́лка (zélka, “head of cabbage”)
• зе́лник (zélnik, “stew made of cabbage”)

References

• “зеле”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зеле”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 631