зелень

See also: зеленъ

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzʲelʲɪnʲ]

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• Hyphenation: зе́‧лень

Noun

зе́лень • (zélenʹ) f inan (genitive зе́лени, nominative plural зе́лени, genitive plural зе́леней)

1. (collective) greenery, verdure (vegetation)
2. (collective) greens (leaves and green stems of plants eaten as vegetables or in salads)
3. green (color or pigment)
4. (colloquial) dollars, greenbacks

Declension

Declension of зе́лень (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	зе́лень zélenʹ	зе́лени zéleni
genitive	зе́лени zéleni	зе́леней zélenej
dative	зе́лени zéleni	зе́леням zélenjam
accusative	зе́лень zélenʹ	зе́лени zéleni
instrumental	зе́ленью zélenʹju	зе́ленями zélenjami
prepositional	зе́лени zéleni	зе́ленях zélenjax

Pre-reform declension of зе́лень (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	зе́лень zélenʹ	зе́лени zéleni
genitive	зе́лени zéleni	зе́леней zélenej
dative	зе́лени zéleni	зе́ленямъ zélenjam
accusative	зе́лень zélenʹ	зе́лени zéleni
instrumental	зе́ленью zélenʹju	зе́ленями zélenjami
prepositional	зе́лени zéleni	зе́леняхъ zélenjax

Ukrainian

Etymology

Related to зеле́ний (zelényj). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛɫenʲ]

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Noun

зе́лень • (zélenʹ) f inan (genitive зе́лені, uncountable)

1. (collective) greenery, verdure (green vegetation)

   Synonyms: (dialectal) зелени́на f (zelenýna), (dialectal) зе́лення n (zélennja)

2. (collective) greens (leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads)

   Synonym: (dialectal) зелени́на f (zelenýna)

3. green (color/colour)
4. green (any substance or pigment of a green colour)
5. (collective, slang, money) dollars, greenbacks

Declension

Declension of зе́лень (inan sg-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	зе́лень zélenʹ
genitive	зе́лені zéleni
dative	зе́лені zéleni
accusative	зе́лень zélenʹ
instrumental	зе́ленню zélennju
locative	зе́лені zéleni
vocative	зе́лене zélene

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “зелень”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2015), “зелень”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (зга́га – ква́рта), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “зелень”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “зелень”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “зелень”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “зелень”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “зелень”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)