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cvekla

цвекла

cvȅkla · fem.

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NOUN
  1. beetroot; beet
    Za ručak imamo salatu od cvekle. — We're having beetroot salad for lunch.
    Kupi kilo cvekle na pijaci. — Buy a kilo of beets at the market.

In Croatia the word is "cikla"; in Serbia it is "cvekla".

Expressions
  • crven kao cvekla — as red as a beetroot
    Kad ga je pohvalila, pocrveneo je kao cvekla. — When she praised him, he went as red as a beetroot.
Declension, fem.
singularplural
Nom.cveklacvekle
Gen.cveklecvekli
Dat.cveklicveklama
Acc.cveklucvekle
Voc.cveklocvekle
Ins.cveklomcveklama
Loc.cveklicveklama
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