lelek

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See also: lélek, Lelek, lələk, and лелек

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lelьkъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lelek m anim

  1. nightjar

Declension

Declension of lelek (velar masculine animate reducible)
singular plural
nominative lelek lelci, lelkové
genitive lelka lelků
dative lelkovi, lelku lelkům
accusative lelka lelky
vocative lelku lelci, lelkové
locative lelkovi, lelku lelcích
instrumental lelkem lelky

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

lel (“to find”) +‎ -ek (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: le‧lek

Verb

lelek

  1. first-person singular indicative present indefinite of lel

Polish

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Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɛlɛk
  • Syllabification: le‧lek

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lelьkъ.

Noun

lelek m animal

  1. nightjar; any bird from the subfamily Caprimulginae
  2. Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Declension
Declension of lelek
singular plural
nominative lelek lelki
genitive lelka lelków
dative lelkowi lelkom
accusative lelka lelki
instrumental lelkiem lelkami
locative lelku lelkach
vocative lelku lelki

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic imitating children's speech + -ek.

Noun

lelek m pers

  1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) pampered person
    Alternative form: lalek
Derived terms
verbs

Further reading

  • lelek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lelek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “lelek”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 305

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Of imitative origin, possibly descending from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to howl, bark, lament”). See also German lullen, Ancient Greek λάλος (lálos), Albanian lule.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lêleːk/
  • Hyphenation: le‧lek

Noun

lȅlēk m (Cyrillic spelling ле̏ле̄к)

  1. wailing, weeping

Declension

Declension of lelek
singular
nominative lelek
genitive leleka
dative leleku
accusative lelek
vocative leleče
locative leleku
instrumental lelekom

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “650-51”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 650-51

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lelьkъ.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

lelek m animal (related adjective lelčí)

  1. nightjar; any bird from the subfamily Caprimulginae

Declension

Declension of lelek (patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))
singularplural
nominativeleleklelky
genitivelelkalelkov
dativelelkovilelkom
accusativelelkalelky
locativelelkovilelkoch
instrumentallelkomlelkami

References

  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “lelek”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 322

Further reading

  • “lelek”, 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, 2003–2024
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