ѥлень

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ely, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-(h₁)en- (“red deer, elk”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἑλλός (hellós, “deer-calf”), ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”), Lithuanian elnias, Old Armenian եղն (ełn).

Noun

ѥлень • (jelenĭ) m

deer

Declension

Declension of ѥлень (n-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ѥлꙑ, ѥлень* *jely, jelenĭ	ѥлени jeleni	ѥлене jelene
genitive	ѥлене jelene	ѥленоу jelenu	ѥленъ jelenŭ
dative	ѥлени jeleni	ѥленьма jelenĭma	ѥленьмъ jelenĭmŭ
accusative	ѥлень jelenĭ	ѥлени jeleni	ѥлени jeleni
instrumental	ѥленьмь jelenĭmĭ	ѥленьма jelenĭma	ѥленьми jelenĭmi
locative	ѥлене jelene	ѥленоу jelenu	ѥленьхъ jelenĭxŭ
vocative	ѥлꙑ, ѥлень* *jely, jelenĭ	ѥлени jeleni	ѥлене jelene

References

Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004
“ѥлень”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025

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