Елена

See also: елена and Єлена

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛˈlɛnɐ]
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Proper noun

Еле́на • (Eléna) f

  1. a female given name, Elena or Yelena, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlɛna]

Proper noun

Елена • (Elena) f

  1. a female given name, Elena or Yelena, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē, “Helen”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪˈlʲenə]
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Proper noun

Еле́на • (Jeléna) f anim (genitive Еле́ны, nominative plural Еле́ны, genitive plural Еле́н)

  1. a female given name, Elena, Yelena, or Jelena, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen
  2. a transliteration of the Belarusian female given name Алена (Aljena)
  3. a transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Олена (Olena)

Declension

Declension of Еле́на (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative Еле́на
Jeléna 		Еле́ны
Jelény
genitive Еле́ны
Jelény 		Еле́н
Jelén
dative Еле́не
Jeléne 		Еле́нам
Jelénam
accusative Еле́ну
Jelénu 		Еле́н
Jelén
instrumental Еле́ной, Еле́ною
Jelénoj, Jelénoju 		Еле́нами
Jelénami
prepositional Еле́не
Jeléne 		Еле́нах
Jelénax

Derived terms

  • (Diminutives) Ле́на (Léna)
  • (Endearing forms) Ле́ночка (Lénočka), Лену́ся (Lenúsja)
  • (Pejorative forms) Ле́нка (Lénka)

Descendants

  • → Armenian: Ելենա (Elena)
  • → English: Yelena, Elena
  • → Estonian: Jelena
  • → Finnish: Jelena
  • → German: Jelena
  • → Ingrian: Jelena
  • → Latvian: Jeļena
  • → Lithuanian: Jelena
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: Јелена
    Latin script: Jelena
  • → Slovak: Jela
  • → Slovene: Jelena
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