леля

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lela"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lelja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛlʲɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛlʲɐ
• Syllabification^(key): ле‧ля

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ле́ля • (lélja) f

1. aunt

Declension

Declension of ле́ля

	singular	plural
indefinite	ле́ля lélja	ле́ли, ле́лини1 léli, lélini1
definite	ле́лята léljata	ле́лите, ле́лините1 lélite, lélinite1
vocative form	ле́льо léljo	ле́ли, ле́лини1 léli, lélini1
dative form	ле́ли léli	—

¹Dialectal.

References

• “леля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “леля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Erzya

Etymology

Possibly cognate to Estonian lell (“paternal uncle; brother of one's father”).

Noun

леля • (leľa)

1. elder brother
2. uncle

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “леля”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN