еле

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See also: эле, әле, and Appendix:Variations of "ele"

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ѥлѣ (jelě), from Proto-Slavic *je lě.

Particle

е́ле • (éle) (usually dialectal)

  1. adds emphasis to a statement or а question
    Synonyms: ех (eh), ле́ле (léle)
    Еле каква стана?
    Ele kakva stana?
    Oh, what has happened?
    Еле че хубаво!
    Ele če hubavo!
    Indeed, pretty!
  2. adds contrast between clauses
    Synonym: нали́ (nalí)
    Намери кого да питаш. Еля знаеш, че не съм тукашен?
    Nameri kogo da pitaš. Elja znaeš, če ne sǎm tukašen?
    You found person to ask. Don't you know that I am not from here?
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References

Etymology 2

Ultimately of Persian origin. See titular lemma for more.

Adverb

е́ле • (éle) (colloquial)

  1. alternative form of хе́ле (héle)

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic ѥлѣ (jelě), ѥль (jelĭ), from Proto-Slavic *le, *lě (see *ale). Cognate with Ukrainian єле (jele), dialectal ле (le), Old Church Slavonic ѥлѣ живъ (jelě živŭ) (translates Ancient Greek ἡμιθανής (hēmithanḗs)), Old Church Slavonic лѣ (lě), Serbo-Croatian ле, ље̏ (“negative intensifier”), Bulgarian еле (ele, “finally”), dated Slovene lė́ (“only, just”), Czech le (“and, but, however”), Old Polish le (“only”)

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Adverb

е́ле • (jéle)

  1. hardly, scarcely, barely
  2. slightly
  3. with (great) difficulty

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