Лена

See also: лена and Appendix:Variations of "lena"

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛna]
• Hyphenation: Ле‧на

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Лена • (Lena) f (relational adjective Ленин)

1. a female given name, Lena, variant of Ленче (Lenče) or Ленка (Lenka)

See also

• Елена f (Elena)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian Лена (Lena).

Proper noun

Лена • (Lena) f (relational adjective ленски)

1. Lena (a major river in Irkutsk Oblast, and the Sakha Republic, flowing 2,734 miles from Lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean Russia)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲenə]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Ле́на • (Léna) f anim (genitive Ле́ны, nominative plural Ле́ны, genitive plural Лен)

1. a diminutive of the female given name Еле́на (Jeléna), equivalent to English Lena

Declension

Declension of Ле́на (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	Ле́на Léna	Ле́ны Lény
genitive	Ле́ны Lény	Ле́н Lén
dative	Ле́не Léne	Ле́нам Lénam
accusative	Ле́ну Lénu	Ле́н Lén
instrumental	Ле́ной, Ле́ною Lénoj, Lénoju	Ле́нами Lénami
prepositional	Ле́не Léne	Ле́нах Lénax
vocative	Ле́н* Lén*

^* Colloquial.

Pre-reform declension of Ле́на (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	Ле́на Léna	Ле́ны Lény
genitive	Ле́ны Lény	Ле́нъ Lén
dative	Ле́нѣ Léně	Ле́намъ Lénam
accusative	Ле́ну Lénu	Ле́нъ Lén
instrumental	Ле́ной, Ле́ною Lénoj, Lénoju	Ле́нами Lénami
prepositional	Ле́нѣ Léně	Ле́нахъ Lénax

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Russian Лє́на f sg (Léna), from Evenki Елюенэ (Jeljujenə, literally “the Large River”).

Proper noun

Ле́на • (Léna) f inan (genitive Ле́ны, relational adjective ле́нский)

1. Lena (a major river in Irkutsk Oblast, and the Sakha Republic, flowing 2,734 miles from Lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean Russia)

Declension

Declension of Ле́на (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Ле́на Léna
genitive	Ле́ны Lény
dative	Ле́не Léne
accusative	Ле́ну Lénu
instrumental	Ле́ной, Ле́ною Lénoj, Lénoju
prepositional	Ле́не Léne

Pre-reform declension of Ле́на (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Ле́на Léna
genitive	Ле́ны Lény
dative	Ле́нѣ Léně
accusative	Ле́ну Lénu
instrumental	Ле́ной, Ле́ною Lénoj, Lénoju
prepositional	Ле́нѣ Léně

Derived terms

toponyms

• Ле́нск m inan sg (Lénsk)

 

surnames

• Ле́нин m anim sg (Lénin)