листе

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *listьje (“leafage”), originally meaning cluster of leaves. Morphologically, equivalent to лист (list, “leaf”) +‎ -е (-e).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlistɛ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -istɛ
• Syllabification^(key): ли‧сте
• Hyphenation^(key): лис‧те

Noun

ли́сте • (líste) n

1. (dialectal, collective, rare) leaves

Declension

Declension of ли́сте

	singular	plural
indefinite	ли́сте líste	листя́ listjá
definite	ли́стето lísteto	листя́та listjáta

Alternative forms

• ли́стье (lístje), ли́сье (lísje) — dialectal

Related terms

• лист m (list), листо n (listo, “leaf”)
• листа́к (listák, “leafage”)

References

• “лист”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲɪˈsʲtʲe]

Noun

листе́ • (listé) m inan

1. prepositional singular of лист (list)