ялей

Belarusian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion). Cognate with Russian еле́й (jeléj), Ukrainian єле́й (jeléj). Doublet of але́й (aljéj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jaˈlʲej]
• Rhymes: -ej
• Hyphenation: ялей

Noun

яле́й • (jaljéj) m inan (genitive яле́ю, nominative plural яле́і, genitive plural яле́яў, relational adjective яле́йны)

1. chrism, holy oil

Declension

Declension of яле́й (inan soft masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	яле́й jaljéj	яле́і jaljéi
genitive	яле́ю jaljéju	яле́яў jaljéjaŭ
dative	яле́ю jaljéju	яле́ям jaljéjam
accusative	яле́й jaljéj	яле́і jaljéi
instrumental	яле́ем jaljéjem	яле́ямі jaljéjami
locative	яле́і jaljéi	яле́ях jaljéjax
count form	—	яле́і1 jaljéi1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “ялей”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “ялей” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org