клечка

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “BER does not acknowledge Proto-Slavic *klečьka, unlike Macedonian below. Considers клек + -ъка a possible formation.”

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

кле́чка (kléčkaf (diminutive кле́чица)

  1. stick (short rod)
    кле́чка за уши́kléčka za ušícotton swab (literally, “stick for ears”)
  2. stick, twig (pole made of wood)
  3. (informal) beanpole, skeleton (a very thin person)

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Albanian: kleçkë
  • Hungarian: klecska

References[edit]

  • клечка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • клечка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клѐчка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 445

Macedonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klečьka.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

клечка (klečkaf (plural клечки)

  1. short wooden stick
  2. toothpick
  3. matchstick