leska

See also: leśka and lěska

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lesket

Verb

leska

1. inflection of leske:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Żywiec) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛs.ka/

Noun

leska f

1. (Żywiec) Alternative form of leśka

Further reading

• Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “leska”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 357

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• lijéska (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěska (Russian леско́вый (leskóvyj), Polish laska).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lěːska/
• Hyphenation: les‧ka

Noun

léska f (Cyrillic spelling ле́ска)

1. hazel tree or bush, filbert
2. hazelwood stick

Declension

Declension of leska

	singular	plural
nominative	léska	leske
genitive	leske	lȇsākā/lȅskī
dative	lésci/léski	leskama
accusative	lesku	leske
vocative	lesko	leske
locative	lésci/léski	leskama
instrumental	leskom	leskama

References

• “leska”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěska.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lèːska/

Noun

lẹ́ska f

1. hazel (tree / shrub)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	léska
gen. sing.	léske
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	léska	léski	léske
genitive (rodȋlnik)	léske	lésk	lésk
dative (dajȃlnik)	léski	léskama	léskam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	lésko	léski	léske
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	léski	léskah	léskah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	lésko	léskama	léskami

Further reading

• “leska”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025