jelen

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jelen

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Inherited from Old Czech jelen, from Proto-Slavic *(j)elenь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-en-i-, which is often being connected with *h₁el- (“yellow-brown”). Its Slavic cognates are Polish jeleń (“deer”) or Russian оле́нь (olénʹ, “deer”), other Indo-European cognates are Lithuanian élnis or álnis (“deer”), Old Irish elit (“roe deer”), Welsh elain (“hind”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”) and Armenian եղն (eġn, “hind”).^[1]

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -lɛn, -ɛlɛn
• Hyphenation: je‧len

jelen m anim (female equivalent laň, related adjective jelení)

1. deer
2. stag (male deer)

• “jelen”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “jelen”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “jelen”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

• IPA^(key):

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: je‧len
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Lexicalization of jel (“characteristic, distinguishing mark”) +‎ -en (adverb-forming suffix).^[1]

jelen (not comparable)

1. present

   jelen idő ― present tense

From the ellipsis of jelenkor (“the present time, our age”), from jelen (“present, current”) + kor (“age, period”).^[1]

jelen (usually uncountable, plural jelenek)

1. present

jel +‎ -en

jelen

1. superessive singular of jel

• jelen in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)elenь.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈjɛlɛn/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈjɛlɛn/

jelen m animal

1. (mammals) deer

• Czech: jelen

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “jelen”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

jelen

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)elenь.

• IPA^(key): /jělen/
• Hyphenation: je‧len

jèlen m (Cyrillic spelling јѐлен)

1. male deer, buck, stag

• “jelen”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

jelen

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From Proto-Slavic *(j)elenь.

• IPA^(key): /jɛ̀ːlɛn/

jélen m anim

1. deer (the animal)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

• “jelen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “jelen”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references