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	цвекла
definite unspecified	цвеклото	цвеклата
definite proximal	цвеклово	цвеклава
definite distal	цвеклоно	цвеклана
vocative	цвекло	цвекла