Oleg

See also: oleg

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Оле́г (Olég), a Varangian name, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse Helgi (“holy, sacred or blessed”). Cognate to modern Scandinavian Helge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈolɛk]

Proper noun

1. a male given name.

Related terms

• Olga

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Polish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian Оле́г (Olég), a Varangian name, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse Helgi (“holy, sacred or blessed”). Cognate to modern Scandinavian Helge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.lɛk/
• Homophone: Olek

Proper noun

Oleg m pers

1. a male given name.

Related terms

• Olga

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Slovak

Etymology

From Russian Оле́г (Olég), a Varangian name, ultimately from Old Norse Helgi (“holy, sacred or blessed”). Cognate to modern Scandinavian Helge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlɛk/

Proper noun

Oleg m (genitive singular Olega, nominative plural Olegovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name.

Declension

Declension of Oleg

	singular	plural
nominative	Oleg	Olegovia
genitive	Olega	Olegov
dative	Olegovi	Olegom
accusative	Olega	Olegov
locative	Olegovi	Olegoch
instrumental	Olegom	Olegmi

Related terms

• Oľga

Further reading

• “Oleg”, 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, 2024

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Slovene

Etymology

From Russian Оле́г (Olég), a Varangian name, ultimately from Old Norse Helgi (“holy, sacred or blessed”).

Proper noun

Oleg m anim

1. a male given name

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• Olga