Possibly borrowed from Latvian eļļa. Ultimately from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German ölje from olie. Compare German Öl. Suhonen lists the form eļ as a borrowing from Latvian or German. This entry uses the form listed in LĒL for the "oil" sense.
eļļõ
eļļõ
The word eļ (“hell”) is in one instance indicated as meaning oil (in the compound "almond oil"), however, with a different inflectional type (type 103 – with consonant shift – lengthening of the stem consonant different from inflection of the "hell" sense of the word eļ.) However, eļļõ of the sieldõ type seems to be a much more prevalent word to refer to oil.
| singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | eļļõ | eļļõd |
| genitive (genitīv) | eļļõ | eļļõd |
| partitive (partitīv) | eļļõ | eļļidi |
| dative (datīv) | eļļõn | eļļõdõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | eļļõks | eļļõdõks |
| illative (illatīv) | eļļõz eļļõ |
eļļiž |
| inessive (inesīv) | eļļõs | eļļis |
| elative (elatīv) | eļļõst | eļļist |
eļļõ
1imperative-like constructions possible with laz (“so that”) + jussive: laz ma/ta eļļõg, laz ne eļļõgõd
2rare, using indicative present more common, laz + jussive construction possible: laz mēg eļļõgõd