клечка

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklɛt͡ʃkɐ]
• Hyphenation^(key): клеч‧ка
• Rhymes: -ɛt͡ʃkɐ

Noun

кле́чка • (kléčka) f (diminutive кле́чица)

1. stick (short rod)

   кле́чка за уши́ ― kléčka za uší ― cotton swab (literally, “stick for ears”)

2. stick, twig (pole made of wood)
3. (informal) beanpole, skeleton (a very thin person)

Declension

Declension of кле́чка

	singular	plural
indefinite	кле́чка kléčka	кле́чки kléčki
definite	кле́чката kléčkata	кле́чките kléčkite

Derived terms

• ва́жна кле́чка (vážna kléčka, “bigwig”)
• вари́-кле́чка (varí-kléčka, “miser”)
• вкле́ча се (vkléča se, “cramp because of standing still for too long”)
• вкле́чвам се (vkléčvam se)
• кле́чав (kléčav, “stick-covered”)
• кле́чи (kléči, “thin like a stick”)
• Кле́чков (Kléčkov, “surname”)
• Кле́чковски (Kléčkovski, “surname”)
• клечета́к (klečeták)
• клечка́в (klečkáv, “having uncut branches”)
• клечкодре́н (klečkodrén, “Cornus sanguinea”)
• клечо́к (klečók)
• клечо́р (klečór)
• клечота́к (klečoták)
• клечуна́к (klečunák, “many sticks”)
• клечьо́к (klečjók)
• клечюла́к (klečjulák)

 

Descendants

• → Albanian: kleçkë
• → Hungarian: klecska

References

• “клечка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “клечка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клѐчка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 445

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klečьka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklɛt͡ʃka]

Noun

клечка • (klečka) f (plural клечки)

1. short wooden stick
2. toothpick
3. matchstick