цвете

Bulgarian

Видове цветя

Alternative forms

цвѣте (cvěte) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *květьje (“blossoms”), originally a collective sg. tantum with meaning cluster of blossoms. Morphologically equivalent to цвят (cvjat, “blossom”) +‎ -е (-e).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡svɛtɛ]
Audio (file)

Noun

цве́те • (cvéte) n (diminutive цве́тенце)

flower

Declension

Declension of цве́те

	singular	plural
indefinite	цве́те cvéte	цветя́ cvetjá
definite	цве́тето cvéteto	цветя́та cvetjáta

Related terms

цвят (cvjat, “color; blossom”)
- цвете́ц (cvetéc), цветъ́к (cvetǎ́k), цве́тче (cvétče) (diminutive)
цвета́р m (cvetár), цвета́рка f (cvetárka, “florist”)

References

“цвете”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“цвете”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡svʲetʲe]

Noun

цве́те • (cvéte) m inan

prepositional singular of цвет (cvet)

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