леха

See also: Лёха

Bulgarian

леха (in rudimentary form)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̄xà, whence also Old Church Slavonic лѣха (lěxa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛˈxa]

Noun

леха́ • (lehá) f (diminutive лехи́ца)

1. bed for plants, garden plot (а raised shaped area of soil (such as a quadrangle, ellipse, etc.), convenient for planting and watering vegetables or flowers)

   Засадих една леха́ пипер ― Zasadih edna lehá piper ― I planted a pepper bed

   Имам пет лехи́ домати ― Imam pet lehí domati ― I have five beds of tomatoes

   Леха́ със зюмбюл ― Lehá sǎs zjumbjul ― Hyacinth bed

   • 2000, Св. Тоника (lyrics and music), “Чуй ме, Дилмано”:

     Лягай, Стояне! Утре кой ще стане - лехата с пипера кой ще прокопай?

     Ljagaj, Stojane! Utre koj šte stane - lehata s pipera koj šte prokopaj?

     Get to bed, Stoyan! Who's going to get up tomorrow and dig out the pepper-bed?

2. unit of horticulture

   Coordinate terms: увърт (uvǎrt), вретен (vreten)

Declension

Declension of леха́

	singular	plural
indefinite	леха́ lehá	лехи́ lehí
definite	леха́та leháta	лехи́те lehíte

Alternative forms

• ля́ха (ljáha), ля́шица (ljášica) — Eastern dialects
• ле́а (léa) — Western dialects, with elided -х-

Derived terms

• лехувам (lehuvam, “to form plant beds”) (causative-iterative)
• наляша pf (naljaša), наляшвам impf (naljašvam, “to divide in rows”) (dialectal)
• Лехово (Lehovo), Лешие (Lešie) (toponyms)
• ле́шина (léšina), ле́хище (léhište) (augmentative)

References

• “леха”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “леха”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лѣха́”, 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 34
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “леха”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 378
• “лѣха”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Chechen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *lexaᶰ.

Verb

леха • (lexa)

1. to look for, to seek

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̄xà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láišāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lóyseh₂, from *leys-.

Alternative forms

• лијѐха (ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lěːxa/

Noun

ле́ха f (Latin spelling léha)

1. Ekavian form of ле́ја

Declension

Declension of леха

	singular	plural
nominative	леха	лехе
genitive	лехе	леха
dative	леси	лехама
accusative	леху	лехама
vocative	лехо	лехе
locative	леси	лехама
instrumental	лехом	лехама