Елена

See also: елена

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛˈlɛnɐ]

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Proper noun

Еле́на • (Eléna) f

1. a female given name, Elena or Yelena, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlɛna]

Proper noun

Елена • (Elena) f

1. a female given name, Elena, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē, “Helen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [(j)ɪˈlʲenə]

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Proper noun

Еле́на • (Jeléna) f anim (genitive Еле́ны, nominative plural Еле́ны, genitive plural Еле́н)

1. a female given name, Elena, Yelena, or Jelena, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen
2. A transliteration of the Belarusian female given name Алена (Aljena).
3. A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Олена (Olena)

Declension

Declension of Еле́на (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	Еле́на Jeléna	Еле́ны Jelény
genitive	Еле́ны Jelény	Еле́н Jelén
dative	Еле́не Jeléne	Еле́нам Jelénam
accusative	Еле́ну Jelénu	Еле́н Jelén
instrumental	Еле́ной, Еле́ною Jelénoj, Jelénoju	Еле́нами Jelénami
prepositional	Еле́не Jeléne	Еле́нах Jelénax

Derived terms

• (Diminutives) Ле́на (Léna)
• (Endearing forms) Ле́ночка (Lénočka), Лену́ся (Lenúsja)
• (Pejorative forms) Ле́нка (Lénka)

Related terms

• Алёна (Aljóna)

Descendants

• → Armenian: Ելենա (Elena)
• → English: Yelena, Elena
• → Estonian: Jelena
• → Finnish: Jelena
• → German: Jelena
• → Ingrian: Jelena
• → Latvian: Jeļena
• → Lithuanian: Jelena
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: Јелена

  Latin script: Jelena

• → Slovak: Jela
• → Slovene: Jelena