eļ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "el"

Latvian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɛʎ]
Audio: (file)

Noun

eļ m (invariable)

The Latvian name of the Latin script letter Ļ/ļ.

Livonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeʎ/, [ˈeʎː]

Etymology 1

Apparently borrowed from Latvian elle. Ultimately from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German. See etymology at Latvian elle.

Noun

eļ

hell
- 2012–2013, “eļ”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:
  ta palāb eļ tulsõ
  he is burning up
  (literally, “he burns [as if] in hell's flame / he is burning in hell (depending on context)”)

Usage notes

This word in one instance is indicated as meaning "oil" (in the compound "almond oil") and with a different inflectional type (with "grade shift" – lengthening of the stem consonant different from inflection of the "hell" sense as shown above.) However, eļļõ of the "sieldõ" type seems to be a much more prevalent word to refer to oil.

Declension

Declension of eļ (133)
	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	eļ	eļļõd
genitive (genitīv)	eļ	eļļõd
partitive (partitīv)	eļļõ	eļļidi
dative (datīv)	eļļõn	eļļõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	eļļõks	eļļõdõks
illative (illatīv)	eļļõ	eļļiž
inessive (inesīv)	eļšõ	eļļis
elative (elatīv)	eļštõ	eļļist

References

Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “eļ”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

eļ

inflection of eļļõ:
1. first/second/third-person singular negative form
2. second-person singular imperative