eļ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "el"

Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛʎ]

• Audio:

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Noun

eļ m (invariable)

1. The Latvian name of the Latin script letter Ļ/ļ.

See also

• Latvian letter names:

  a (A), garais ā (Ā), bē (B), cē (C), čē (Č), dē (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē), ef (F), gā (G), ģē (Ģ), hā (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), jē (J), kā (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), eļ (Ļ), em (M), en (N), eņ (Ņ), o (O), pē (P), er (R), es (S), eš (Š), tē (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), vē (V), zē (Z), žē (Ž)

Livonian

Etymology 1

Apparently borrowed from Latvian elle. Ultimately from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German. See etymology at Latvian elle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eʎ/

Noun

eļ

1. hell
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     ta palāb eļ tulsõ

     he is burning up (lit. "burns [as if] in hell's flame") / he is burning in hell (depending on context)

Usage notes

This word in one instance is indicated as meaning "oil" (in the compound "almond oil") and with a different inflectional type (with "grade shift" – lengthening of the stem consonant different from inflection of the "hell" sense as shown above.) However, eļļõ of the "sieldõ" type seems to be a much more prevalent word to refer to oil.

Declension

Declension of eļ (133)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	eļ	eļļõd
genitive (genitīv)	eļ	eļļõd
partitive (partitīv)	eļļõ	eļļidi
dative (datīv)	eļļõn	eļļõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	eļļõks	eļļõdõks
illative (illatīv)	eļļõ	eļļiž
inessive (inesīv)	eļš eļšõ	eļļis
elative (elatīv)	eļštõ	eļļist

Etymology 2

See eļļõ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eʎ/

Verb

eļ

1. inflection of eļļõ:
   1. first/second/third-person singular negative form
   2. second-person singular imperative