elv

Borrowed from Norwegian elv, from Old Norse elfr, from Proto-Germanic *albī.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlˀʋ]

elv c (singular definite elven, plural indefinite elve)

1. river (in the mountains, especially in Scandinavia (outside of Denmark) and in Greenland)

• flod (river in general)
• å (river in Denmark)

From Old Norse elfr, from Proto-Germanic *albī.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlv/

elv f (genitive singular elvar, plural elvir)

1. (poetic) river

• (river): á

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlv]
• Rhymes: -ɛlv

Coined during the Hungarian language reform. From eleve, modeled after Latin principium (“beginning, principle”). First recorded as elev by Dugonics András, later shortened to elv by Szemere Pál.^[1]

elv (plural elvek)

1. principle

• elv in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• elv in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From Proto-Ugric *älə* (“other side”).^[2] Preserved in place names such as Erdély (“Transylvania”), literally “beyond the forest.”

elv

1. (archaic, regional) the far side; the region beyond something (e.g., a forest or boundary)^[3]

• Erdély – “Transylvania” ← erdő + elv

• IPA^(key): /ɛlʋ/

From Old Norse elfr, from Proto-Germanic *albī.

elv f or m (definite singular elva or elven, indefinite plural elver, definite plural elvene)

1. river

   Synonym: (large river) flod

• One of the nouns whose feminine form is predominant in formal writing.

From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

• alv

elv m (definite singular elven, indefinite plural elver, definite plural elvene)

1. elf

• “elv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ɛlʋ/, /ælʋ/

From Old Norse elfr, from Proto-Germanic *albī.

elv f (definite singular elva, indefinite plural elvar or elver, definite plural elvane or elvene)

1. river

• flod (large river)

From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

• alv

elv m (definite singular elven, indefinite plural elvar or elver, definite plural elvane or elvene)

1. elf

• “elv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.