слезка

Bulgarian

Etymology

Diminutive form of Proto-Slavic *selzь + -ка (-ka). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *selzenь, *selzina, whence are dialectal Bulgarian сле́зен (slézen), Serbo-Croatian слезѝна, Slovene slezẹ̑na, Russian селезёнка (selezjónka), Ukrainian селезі́нка (selezínka), Czech slezina, Polish śledziona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈslɛskɐ]

Noun

сле́зка • (slézka) f

1. (anatomy) spleen, milt (organ)

   Synonym: дала́к (dalák)

Declension

Declension of сле́зка

	singular	plural
indefinite	сле́зка slézka	сле́зки slézki
definite	сле́зката slézkata	сле́зките slézkite

References

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