леща
Bulgarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lęťa, a wanderwort cognate with Latin lēns.
Noun edit
ле́ща • (léšta) f (relational adjective ле́щен or ле́щов)
- (singular only) lentil plant (legume plant of genus Lens, most often of species Lens culinaris)
- (uncountable, collective) lentil seeds
- (by extension) soup/stew made of lentils
Declension edit
Declension of ле́ща
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | ле́ща léšta |
| definite | ле́щата léštata |
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
- леща́р m (leštár), леща́рица f (leštárica, “lentils seller/grower”)
- ле́щенка (léštenka), ле́щовина (léštovina, “type of weed”) (dialectal)
- ле́щница (léštnica, “epithet of smallpox”) (colloquial)
See also edit
- водна леща (vodna lešta, “duckweed”) (litarally: “aquatic lentils”)
Etymology 2 edit
Calque of Arabic عَدْسَة (ʕadsa, “lentil; optic lens”).
Noun edit
ле́ща • (léšta) f
Declension edit
Declension of ле́ща
Derived terms edit
- конта́ктна ле́ща (kontáktna léšta, “contact lens”)
References edit
- “леща”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “леща”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “лѧ́ща”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 39
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “леща”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 383
Russian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
леща́ • (leščá) m anim or m inan