zelena

See also: zelená and želena

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛlɛna]

Adjective

zelena

1. feminine nominative singular of zeleny

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Related to Proto-Slavic *zelenъ (“green”), *žьltъ (“yellow”).

Noun

zelena (Cyrillic spelling зелена)

1. green
2. (heraldry) vert

Adjective

zelena

1. inflection of zelen:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovene

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a Romance language (cf. Friulian selino, regional Italian sellero), from Latin selīnum, from Ancient Greek σέλῑνον (sélīnon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛ́ːlɛna/, /zéːlɛna/

Noun

zȇlena or zẹ̑lena f

1. celery

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	zêlena
gen. sing.	zêlene
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	zêlena	zêleni	zêlene
genitive (rodȋlnik)	zêlene	zêlen	zêlen
dative (dajȃlnik)	zêleni	zêlenama	zêlenam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	zêleno	zêleni	zêlene
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	zêleni	zêlenah	zêlenah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	zêleno	zêlenama	zêlenami

Further reading

• “zelena”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “zelena”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛlɛ̀ːna/

• Audio:

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Adjective

zelêna

1. inflection of zelen:
   1. masculine nominative/accusative dual
   2. feminine nominative singular
   3. neuter nominative/accusative plural