плесен

Bulgarian

образование плесен

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plěsnь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplɛsɛn]

Noun

пле́сен • (plésen) f (relational adjective пле́сенен)

1. mould (UK), mold (US) (any smushy fungal formation)

   Synonym: му́хъл (múhǎl)

2. mildew (plague of powdery fungi)

Declension

Declension of пле́сен

	singular	plural
indefinite	пле́сен plésen	пле́сени pléseni
definite	плесента́ plesentá	пле́сените plésenite

Derived terms

• плесеня́сам pf (plesenjásam), плесеня́свам impf (plesenjásvam, “to get infected by mildew”)

References

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