лесник

Bulgarian

Etymology

From лес (les, forest) (poetic) + -ник (-nik).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lɛˈsnik]

Noun

лесни́к • (lesník) m

  1. (literally, obsolete) forest dweller
    Synonym: горя́нин (gorjánin)
  2. (literary) lesnik (supernatural being from Slavic mythology)

Declension

Alternative forms

  • лесо́вик (lesóvik) borrowed from Russian
  • леша́н (lešán) dialectal
  • лес (les, forest) (poetic)

Further reading

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лес”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 367

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

лес (les) + -ни́к (-ník)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲɪsʲˈnʲik]

Noun

лесни́к • (lesník) m anim (genitive лесника́, nominative plural лесники́, genitive plural леснико́в, relational adjective лесни́чий)

  1. ranger, forest ranger, woodsman

Declension

See also

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