lijeska

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěska. First attested in the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lijěːska/
  • Hyphenation: li‧jes‧ka

Noun

lijéska f (Cyrillic spelling лије́ска) (Ijekavian)

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

Declension

Declension of lijeska
singular plural
nominative lijéska lijeske
genitive lijeske lijȇsākā/ljȅsākā/ljȅskī
dative lijésci/lijéski lijeskama
accusative lijesku lijeske
vocative lijesko lijeske
locative lijésci/lijéski lijeskama
instrumental lijeskom lijeskama

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2016), “lijeska”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume I: A – Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 554

Further reading

  • lijeska”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026