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Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *elьxa or *olьxa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jêlʃa/
- Hyphenation: jel‧ša
Noun
jȅlša f (Cyrillic spelling је̏лша)
- (Croatia) alder
- Synonyms: jóva, jóha
Declension
Further reading
- “jelša” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *elьxa or Proto-Slavic *olьxa.
Pronunciation
Noun
jelša f (genitive singular jelše, nominative plural jelše, genitive plural jelší, declension pattern of ulica)
- alder (any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “jelša”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *elьxa or Proto-Slavic *olьxa.
Pronunciation
Noun
jẹ́łša f
- alder (any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus)
Inflection
Further reading
- “jelša”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “jelša”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references