лейка

Bulgarian

лейка

Etymology

By surface analysis, ле́я (léja, “to pour”) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛjkɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation^(key): лей‧ка

Noun

ле́йка • (léjka) f

1. watering can

   поли́вам цветя́та с ле́йка

   polívam cvetjáta s léjka

   water the flowers with a watering can

2. (figurative, slightly offensive) dolt, moron

   куха лейка ― kuha lejka ― empty-head

Declension

Declension of ле́йка

	singular	plural
indefinite	ле́йка léjka	ле́йки léjki
definite	ле́йката léjkata	ле́йките léjkite

References

• “лейка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лейка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лѣйка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 3

Russian

Etymology

лить (litʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲejkə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ле́йка • (léjka) f inan (genitive ле́йки, nominative plural ле́йки, genitive plural ле́ек)

1. watering can
2. (nautical) bail
3. Leika (brand of camera)

Declension

Declension of ле́йка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ле́йка léjka	ле́йки léjki
genitive	ле́йки léjki	ле́ек léjek
dative	ле́йке léjke	ле́йкам léjkam
accusative	ле́йку léjku	ле́йки léjki
instrumental	ле́йкой, ле́йкою léjkoj, léjkoju	ле́йками léjkami
prepositional	ле́йке léjke	ле́йках léjkax