зеленика

Bulgarian

цвете зеленика (1)

птичка зеленика (2)

Etymology

By surface analysis, зеле́н (zelén, “green”) +‎ -ика (-ika).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɛlɛˈnikɐ]

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Noun

зелени́ка • (zeleníka) f

1. periwinkle (flower of genus Vinca)

   Synonym: зимзелен (zimzelen)

2. greenfinch (perching bird of genus Chloris)
3. (dialectal) boxwood (shrub of genus Buxus)

   Synonym: чимши́р (čimšír)

Declension

Declension of зелени́ка

	singular	plural
indefinite	зелени́ка zeleníka	зелени́ки zeleníki
definite	зелени́ката zeleníkata	зелени́ките zeleníkite
vocative form	зелени́ко zeleníko	зелени́ки zeleníki

Related terms

• зелени́ца (zeleníca, “greenery”) (dialectal)

References

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

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɛˈlɛnika]

Noun

зеленика • (zelenika) f

1. boxwood

Declension

Declension of зеленика

	singular
indefinite	зеленика (zelenika)
definite unspecified	зелениката (zelenikata)
definite proximal	зеленикава (zelenikava)
definite distal	зеленикана (zelenikana)
vocative	зеленике (zelenike)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From зелен +‎ -ика.

Noun

зелѐника f (Latin spelling zelènika)

1. mock privet (Phillyrea genus)

   Synonym: комо̀рика

2. boxwood (Buxus sempervirens)

   Synonyms: бу̀шпан, семпреве́рде, шѝмшир

Declension

Declension of зеленика

	singular	plural
nominative	зеленика	зеленике
genitive	зеленике	зеленика
dative	зеленици	зеленикама
accusative	зеленику	зеленике
vocative	зеленико	зеленике
locative	зеленици	зеленикама
instrumental	зелеником	зеленикама

References

• “зеленика”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025