elk
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[edit] Etymology
Middle English dialect elk, from Old English eolc, eolh, from Proto-Germanic *elhaz (cf. Low German Elk, German Elch), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis, *h₁ólḱis (cf. Russian лось (losʹ), Sanskrit ṛśyas ‘antelope’), variant of *h₁elh₁én (compare German Elen, Tocharian A/B yäl/ylem ‘gazelle’, Lithuanian élnis ‘stag’, Armenian եղնիկ (yeɫnik) ‘doe, hind’).
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elk (plural elk or archaic, elks)
- (North America) The common wapiti (Cervus canadensis); the second largest member of the deer family, smaller only than a moose. Elk never have flat antlers, like moose do.
- (UK) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces); a moose.
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moose - Alces alces
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- Rhymes: -ɛlk
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elk
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Declension of elk
| positive | comparative | superlative | |||
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| attributive | predicative/adverbial | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | elk | — | |||
| neuter singular |
indefinite | elk | — | ||
| definite | elke | — | — | — | |
| common singular | elke | — | — | — | |
| plural | elke | — | — | — | |
| partitive | — | — | |||
