се́мечко

rare #11680

nounneuterinanimatecountable

1.
small seed, pip, kernel
В я́блоке бы́ло чёрное се́мечко.
There was a black pip in the apple.
Diminutive of семя; used for the small seed of a fruit or plant.
2.
sunflower seeds, seeds (for nibbling)
Они́ сиде́ли на скаме́йке и гры́зли се́мечки.
They sat on the bench nibbling sunflower seeds.
In the plural (семечки); the roasted seeds are a popular snack.

Examples

На столе лежали лузганные семечки.
Shelled sunflower seeds were lying on the table.
Сплюнувший семечки парень встал со скамейки.
The guy who had spat out the sunflower seeds got up from the bench.
Мы вылущиваем семечки из подсолнуха.
We shell the sunflower seeds.
В клетке лежат хомячьи запасы семечек.
The cage contains the hamster’s stores of sunflower seeds.
Воробьи склёвывают семечки у окна.
The sparrows are pecking sunflower seeds up by the window.
Он похож на лущащего семечки деревенского парня.
He looks like a village lad shelling sunflower seeds.
Он купил кулёчек семечек у метро.
He bought a little bag of sunflower seeds near the metro station.
Женщина, вышелушивавшая семечки подсолнуха, работала весь вечер.
The woman who was shelling sunflower seeds worked all evening.