елефантъ

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From е҆лефа́нтесъ. Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās) (nominative plural ελέφαντες (eléphantes)).

Noun

елефа́нтъ • (elefántŭ) m

elephant
Synonym: слонъ (slonŭ)

Declension

Declension of елефантъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	е҆лефантъ е҆лефантъ	е҆лефанта е҆лефанта	е҆лефанти е҆лефанти
genitive	е҆лефанта е҆лефанта	е҆лефантоу е҆лефантоу	е҆лефантъ е҆лефантъ
dative	е҆лефантоу е҆лефантоу	е҆лефантома е҆лефантома	е҆лефантомъ е҆лефантомъ
accusative	е҆лефантъ е҆лефантъ	е҆лефанта е҆лефанта	е҆лефантꙑ е҆лефантꙑ
instrumental	е҆лефантомъ е҆лефантомъ	е҆лефантома е҆лефантома	е҆лефантꙑ е҆лефантꙑ
locative	е҆лефантѣ е҆лефантѣ	е҆лефантоу е҆лефантоу	е҆лефантѣхъ е҆лефантѣхъ
vocative	е҆лефанте е҆лефанте	е҆лефанта е҆лефанта	е҆лефанти е҆лефанти

Descendants

→ Old Ruthenian: елефа́нтъ (elefánt)
→ Russian: элефа́нт (elefánt) (archaic)

Old Ruthenian

елефа́нтъ

Alternative forms

елепа́нтъ (elepánt)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic е҆лефа́нтъ, from е҆лефа́нтесъ, further borrowed from Ancient Greek ελέφαντες (eléphantes). Cognate with archaic Russian элефа́нт (elefánt).

Noun

елефантъ • (elefant) m animal

elephant
Synonym: слонъ (slon)

коли римлꙗны з кархидонꙗны точили битвꙋ, ѡнъ неприꙗтелꙗ кархидончика седꙗчого на моцном и твердо персомъ елефанте рицера валечного положив из елефантом на плꙗцꙋ ― koli rimljany z karxidonjany točili bitvu, on neprijatelja karxidončika sedjačoho na mocnom i tverdo persom elefante ricera valečnoho položiv iz elefantom na pljacu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

^{The template Template:R:zle-obe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s): url=elefant
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “елефантъ, елепантъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 201

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