лелек
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Bulgarian
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Church Slavonic лиликъ (lilikŭ), probably a wanderwort akin to Turkish leylek (“stork”), Albanian lejlek (“stork”), Greek λέλεκας (lélekas, “wading bird”), Ukrainian леле́ка (leléka, “stork”), ultimately from Classical Persian لَکْلَک (lak-lak).
Compare also Czech lelek (“nightjar”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ле́лек • (lélek) m
- (dialectal) stork (wading bird of family Ciconiidae)
- Synonym: щъ́ркел (štǎ́rkel)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ле́лек
Alternative forms
[edit]- ли́лик (lílik), ли́лек (lílek) — dialectal
- лейле́к (lejlék) — from Turkish
- ле́ляк (léljak) — reanalyzed with suffix -як (-jak)
Related terms
[edit]- леле́ча impf (leléča), леле́кам pf (lelékam, “to say le-le”)
- леле́я (leléja, “to wail, to lament”) (colloquial)
References
[edit]- “лелек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лелек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 354
Macedonian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]лелек • (lelek) m
Declension
[edit]Declension of лелек
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ле̏ле̄к m (Latin spelling lȅlēk)
Declension
[edit]Declension of лелек
Further reading
[edit]- “лелек” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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