jelša

See also: Jelsa

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• jȁlša

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *elьxa or *olьxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jêlʃa/
• Hyphenation: jel‧ša

Noun

jȅlša f (Cyrillic spelling је̏лша)

1. (Croatia) alder

   Synonyms: jóva, jóha

Declension

Declension of jelša

	singular	plural
nominative	jelša	jelše
genitive	jelše	jelši / jelša
dative	jelši	jelšama
accusative	jelšu	jelše
vocative	jelšo	jelše
locative	jelši	jelšama
instrumental	jelšama	jelšama

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *elьxa or Proto-Slavic *olьxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjelʃa]

Noun

jelša f (related adjective jelšový)

1. alder (any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus)

Declension

Declension of jelša (pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	jelša	jelše
genitive	jelše	jelší
dative	jelši	jelšiam
accusative	jelšu	jelše
locative	jelši	jelšiach
instrumental	jelšou	jelšami

Further reading

• “jelša”, 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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *elьxa or Proto-Slavic *olьxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jèːʋʃa/

Noun

jẹ́łša f

1. alder (any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	jélša
gen. sing.	jélše
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	jélša	jélši	jélše
genitive (rodȋlnik)	jélše	jélš	jélš
dative (dajȃlnik)	jélši	jélšama	jélšam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	jélšo	jélši	jélše
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	jélši	jélšah	jélšah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	jélšo	jélšama	jélšami

Further reading

• “jelša”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “jelša”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references