цвете

Bulgarian

Видове цветя ― Vidove cvetja ― Kinds of flowers

Alternative forms

• цвѣте (cvěte) — Pre-reform orthography (1945)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *květьje (“blossoms”), originally a collective singular only noun. By surface analysis, цвят (cvjat, “blossom”) +‎ -е (-e, collective suffix). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡svɛtɛ]

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɛ
• Syllabification^(key): цве‧те

Noun

цве́те • (cvéte) n (diminutive цве́тенце)

1. flower

Declension

Declension of цве́те

	singular	plural
indefinite	цве́те cvéte	цветя́ cvetjá
definite	цве́тето cvéteto	цветя́та cvetjáta

Related terms

• цвят (cvjat, “color; blossom”)
  • цвете́ц (cvetéc), цветъ́к (cvetǎ́k), цве́тче (cvétče) (diminutive)
• цвета́р m (cvetár), цвета́рка f (cvetárka, “florist”)

References

• “цвете”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “цвете”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡svʲetʲe]

Noun

цве́те • (cvéte) m inan

1. prepositional singular of цвет (cvet)