клек

Bulgarian

храст клек

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klękъ (“crooked, bowed tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [klɛk]

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• Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

клек • (klek) m (relational adjective кле́ков)

1. mountain pine (conifer shrub of species Pinus mugo)

Declension

Declension of клек

	singular	plural
indefinite	клек klek	кле́кове klékove
definite (subject form)	кле́кът klékǎt	кле́ковете klékovete
definite (object form)	кле́ка kléka
count form	—	кле́ка kléka

Derived terms

• клека́ш (klekáš, “shrub, bush”) (dialectal)
• клековина́ (klekoviná, “thicket of mountain pines”)

Related terms

• клеча́ (klečá), кле́цам (klécam, “to squat”)
• кле́кав (klékav, “crooked”) (dialectal)

References

• “клек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “клек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клек¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 429