Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
-ело. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
-ело, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
-ело in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
-ело you have here. The definition of the word
-ело will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
-ело, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Bulgarian
Etymology 1
Sparsely attested, from an earlier -ѣло (-ělo). Possibly built upon the instrumental suffix Proto-Slavic *-dlo, appended to forms ending in ě-stem (similar to Bulgarian -ало (-alo), -ило (-ilo)), or less likely from Proto-Slavic *-ělь + *-o (“neuter marker”). Virtually unproductive in Modern Bulgarian and in other Slavic languages.
Episodic cognates include Czech stavědlo (“controlling center”), Russian сиде́лка (sidélka, “post, guardian, caretaker”) (diminutive).
Suffix
-ело • (-elo) n
- Deverbal, forming neuter instrumental or effect nouns.
- dialectal одея (odeja, “to serve as a covering”) (ě/V-conj) → одеяло (odejalo, “blanket”)
- Denominal, forming neuter instrumental or effect nouns, probably via an intermediate (often obsolete) stative/essive verb.
- кола (kola, “car”), dialectal коло (kolo, “wheelwright”) → *колея (*koleja) → колело (kolelo, “wheel”) (probably)
Alternative forms
- -яло (-jalo) — after roots ending in a vowel
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *-elo, possibly reanalyzed from Etymology 1.
Suffix
-ело • (-elo) n
- Deverbal, forming neuter instrumental or effect nouns.
- чуча (čuča, “to stand/stick in one place”) (dialectal) → чучело (čučelo, “dummy, stuffed animal”)
- кръщавам (krǎštavam, “to baptize”) → кръщело (krǎštelo, “baptism”)