цвекло

Bulgarian

Beetroot

Etymology

Via Byzantine Greek from Ancient Greek σεῦκλον (seûklon). Compare Serbo-Croatian цикла (cvikla), Russian свёкла (svjókla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡svɛˈkɫɔ]

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• Syllabification^(key): цве‧кло
• Hyphenation^(key): цвек‧ло

Noun

цвекло́ • (cvekló) n (relational adjective цвекло́в) (singular only)

1. beet, beetroot

   за́харно цвекло́ ― záharno cvekló ― sugar-beet

   черве́но цвекло́ ― červéno cvekló ― beetroot

   кръ́мно цвекло́ ― krǎ́mno cvekló ― mangelwurzel

Declension

Declension of цвекло́

	singular
indefinite	цвекло́ cvekló
definite	цвекло́то cveklóto

See also

• чукунду́р (čukundúr, “beetroot”)
• панджа́р (pandžár, “beetroot”)

References

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

Macedonian

Etymology

Via Byzantine Greek from Ancient Greek σεῦκλον (seûklon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡svɛkɫɔ]

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Noun

цвекло • (cveklo) n (plural цвекла)

1. beetroot

Declension

Declension of цвекло

	singular	plural
indefinite	цвекло (cveklo)	цвекла (cvekla)
definite unspecified	цвеклото (cvekloto)	цвеклата (cveklata)
definite proximal	цвеклово (cveklovo)	цвеклава (cveklava)
definite distal	цвеклоно (cveklono)	цвеклана (cveklana)
vocative	цвекло (cveklo)	цвекла (cvekla)