лесник

Bulgarian

Etymology

From лес (les, “forest”) (poetic) +‎ -ник (-nik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛˈsnik]

Noun

лесни́к • (lesník) m

1. (literally, obsolete) forest dweller

   Synonym: горя́нин (gorjánin)

2. (literary) lesnik (supernatural being from Slavic mythology)

Declension

Declension of лесни́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	лесни́к lesník	лесни́ци lesníci
definite (subject form)	лесни́кът lesníkǎt	лесни́ците lesnícite
definite (object form)	лесни́ка lesníka
vocative form	лесни́ко lesníko	лесни́ци lesníci

Alternative forms

• лесо́вик (lesóvik) — borrowed from Russian
• леша́н (lešán) — dialectal

Related terms

• лес (les, “forest”) (poetic)

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лес”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 367

Russian

Alternative forms

• лѣсни́къ (lěsník) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

лес (les) +‎ -ни́к (-ník)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲɪsʲˈnʲik]

Noun

лесни́к • (lesník) m anim (genitive лесника́, nominative plural лесники́, genitive plural леснико́в, relational adjective лесни́чий)

1. ranger, forest ranger, woodsman

Declension

Declension of лесни́к (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	лесни́к lesník	лесники́ lesnikí
genitive	лесника́ lesniká	леснико́в lesnikóv
dative	леснику́ lesnikú	лесника́м lesnikám
accusative	лесника́ lesniká	леснико́в lesnikóv
instrumental	леснико́м lesnikóm	лесника́ми lesnikámi
prepositional	леснике́ lesniké	лесника́х lesnikáx

Related terms

• see: лес (les)
• лесни́чество (lesníčestvo)

See also

• де́рево (dérevo)