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єлина

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Old Ruthenian

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єли́на

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic елина (elina), from Proto-Slavic *edlina, from *ȅdlь.[1][2][3] Doublet of єдли́на (jedlína). Cognate with dialectal Russian ели́на (jelína).

Noun

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єлина (jelinaf inan

  1. spruce
    Synonyms: єль (jelʹ), є́лка (jélka), єдла (jedla), є́дли́на (jédlína)

Descendants

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  • Belarusian: ялі́на (jalína)
  • Ukrainian: яли́на (jalýna); єли́на (jelýna), їли́на (jilýna) (dialectal)

References

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  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*edlina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 14
  2. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “ялина”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 543
  3. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2021) “ели́на”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 316

Further reading

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  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “єлина; єлинь”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 890
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “елина, ялина”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 202
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2003) “ялина”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (О – Я), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 510