elve
See also: élve
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛlv
Etymology 1 edit
From e(mission of) l(ight and) v(ery low-frequency perturbations from) e(lectromagnetic pulse sources), and to avoid clashing with the acronym ELF (extremely low frequency) used in the same field of science.[1]
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Noun edit
elve (plural elves)
- (astronomy, meteorology) A rapidly expanding disk-shaped region of red luminosity in the ionosphere, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occurs high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity.
- 2006, Martin Füllekrug, Eugene A. Mareev, Michael J. Rycroft, Sprites, elves and intense lightning discharges[1], page 37:
- It is likely that the first elve was recorded with the Space Shuttle low-light camera.
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
elve (plural elves)
- Obsolete form of elf.
- 1796, Mary Wollstonecraft, Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, Oxford, published 2009, page 61:
- Is it the offspring of thoughtless animal spirits, or the elve of fancy continually flitting round the expected pleasure?
- Sir Olof he rode out at early day, / And so came he unto an Elve-dance gay.
References edit
- ^ “elve”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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Noun edit
elve
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of elv
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | elve | — |
accusative | elvét | — |
dative | elvének | — |
instrumental | elvével | — |
causal-final | elvéért | — |
translative | elvévé | — |
terminative | elvéig | — |
essive-formal | elveként | — |
essive-modal | elvéül | — |
inessive | elvében | — |
superessive | elvén | — |
adessive | elvénél | — |
illative | elvébe | — |
sublative | elvére | — |
allative | elvéhez | — |
elative | elvéből | — |
delative | elvéről | — |
ablative | elvétől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
elvéé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
elvééi | — |
Mauritian Creole edit
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Adjective edit
elve
- high
- Synonym: ot
Verb edit
elve (medial form elve)