See also: lélek and лелек

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lelьkъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛlɛk]
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Noun

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lelek m anim

  1. nightjar

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Further reading

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  • lelek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • lelek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • lelek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Hungarian

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Etymology

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lel (to find) +‎ -ek (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛlɛk]
  • Hyphenation: le‧lek

Verb

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lelek

  1. first-person singular indicative present indefinite of lel

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlɛk
  • Syllabification: le‧lek

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lelьkъ.

Noun

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lelek m animal

  1. nightjar; any bird from the subfamily Caprimulginae
  2. Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
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Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeic imitating children's speech + -ek.

Noun

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lelek m pers

  1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) pampered person
    Alternative form: lalek
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Further reading

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  • lelek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lelek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “lelek”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 305

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Of imitative origin, possibly descending from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (to howl, bark, lament). See also German lullen, Ancient Greek λάλος (lálos), Albanian lule.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lêleːk/
  • Hyphenation: le‧lek

Noun

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lȅlēk m (Cyrillic spelling ле̏ле̄к)

  1. wailing, weeping

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “650-51”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 650-51

Further reading

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  • lelek” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lelьkъ.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lelek m animal

  1. nightjar; any bird from the subfamily Caprimulginae

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “lelek”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 322

Further reading

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  • lelek”, 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