свёкла
See also: свекла
Russian
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Beets_produce-1.jpg/220px-Beets_produce-1.jpg)
Alternative forms
- свекла́ (sveklá)
Etymology
From Old East Slavic сеѵклъ (seüklŭ), from Ancient Greek σεῦκλον (seûklon), as is Bulgarian цвекло́ (cvekló), Macedonian цвекло (cveklo), Serbo-Croatian ци̏кла / cȉkla, Slovak / Czech cvikla, Polish ćwikła, Hungarian cékla. Hither belongs also the taxonomic Beta vulgaris var. cicla and Arabic سِلْق (silq).
Pronunciation
Noun
свёкла • (svjókla) f inan (genitive свёклы, nominative plural свёклы, genitive plural свёкл)
- (botany, usually uncountable) beet (the root plant Beta vulgaris)
Declension
Declension of свёкла (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a reduc)
Pre-reform declension of свёкла (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a reduc)
Synonyms
Related terms
- свеко́лка (svekólka)
- свеко́льный (svekólʹnyj), свеко́льник (svekólʹnik)
- свеклови́чный (sveklovíčnyj), свеклови́чнница (sveklovíčnnica)
References
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 346–352
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- ru:Vegetables
- ru:Amaranths and goosefoots