леска

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̄skà.

• IPA^(key): [lɛˈska] (standard)
• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛskɐ] (dialectal)

леска́ or ле́ска • (leská or léska) f (relational adjective леско́в)

1. hazel (shrub or tree of genus Corylus)

   обикновена леска ― obiknovena leska ― Corylus avellana

   бяла леска ― bjala leska ― Corylus colurna

   дървовидна леска ― dǎrvovidna leska ― Corylus colurna

   черна леска (figuratively) ― černa leska ― buckthorn

   дива леска (figuratively) ― diva leska ― alder

• Лясковец (Ljaskovec), Лесково (Leskovo), Леска гора (Leska gora) (toponyms)
• леска́к (leskák, “hazel shrub”)
• ле́сковица (léskovica, “hazel staff, rod”)
• леща́к (lešták), леща́р (leštár, “hazel wood or plantation”)
• ле́щник (léštnik, “hazel nut”)

• лес (les, “forest”)
• леса́ (lesá, “dense vegetation, live-hedge”) (dialectal)

• “леска”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “леска”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лѣска́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 33
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “леска¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 370

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̄skà.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛska]
• Rhymes: -ɛska

леска • (leska) f

1. hazel

• “леска” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
• “леска” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
• леска in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Diminutive from леса.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲeskə]

ле́ска • (léska) f inan (genitive ле́ски, nominative plural ле́ски, genitive plural ле́сок)

1. fishing line
2. monofilament line, used in string trimmers

• леса (lesa)

• IPA^(key): [lʲɪˈska]

леска́ • (leská) m inan

1. genitive singular of лесо́к (lesók)

• лије́ска (Ijekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěska (Russian леско́вый (leskóvyj), Polish laska).

• IPA^(key): /lěːska/
• Hyphenation: лес‧ка

ле́ска f (Latin spelling léska)

1. hazel tree or bush, filbert
2. hazelwood stick

• “леска”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025