свёкла

See also: свекла

Russian

свёкла

Alternative forms

• свекла́ (sveklá) – proscribed

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic сеѵклъ (seüklŭ), via Byzantine Greek from Ancient Greek σεῦκλον (seûklon), as is Bulgarian цвекло́ (cvekló), Macedonian цвекло (cveklo), Serbo-Croatian ци̏кла / cȉkla, Slovak / Czech cvikla, Polish ćwikła, also Hungarian cékla and Romanian sfeclă. Hither belongs also the taxonomic Beta vulgaris var. cicla and Arabic سِلْق‎ (silq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvʲɵkɫə]

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Noun

свёкла • (svjókla) f inan (genitive свёклы, nominative plural свёклы, genitive plural свёкл, relational adjective свеко́льный, diminutive свеко́лка)

1. (botany, usually uncountable) beet (the root plant Beta vulgaris)

Declension

Declension of свёкла (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	свёкла svjókla	свёклы svjókly
genitive	свёклы svjókly	свёкол svjókol
dative	свёкле svjókle	свёклам svjóklam
accusative	свёклу svjóklu	свёклы svjókly
instrumental	свёклой, свёклою svjókloj, svjókloju	свёклами svjóklami
prepositional	свёкле svjókle	свёклах svjóklax

Pre-reform declension of свёкла (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	свёкла svjókla	свёклы svjókly
genitive	свёклы svjókly	свёколъ svjókol
dative	свёклѣ svjóklě	свёкламъ svjóklam
accusative	свёклу svjóklu	свёклы svjókly
instrumental	свёклой, свёклою svjókloj, svjókloju	свёклами svjóklami
prepositional	свёклѣ svjóklě	свёклахъ svjóklax

Synonyms

• буря́к (burják), бура́к (burák) (regional)

Related terms

• свеко́льник (svekólʹnik)
• свеклови́чный (sveklovíčnyj), свеклови́чнница (sveklovíčnnica)

Descendants

• → Yakut: сүбүөкүлэ (sübüöküle)

References

• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 346–352