lelek
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lelьkъ. The Slavic base is certainly onomatopoeic, but it is not certain if this is in relation to growling, as in Serbo-Croatian lelekati, or in the swaying flight, as in *lelějati.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛlɛk]
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Noun
lelek m anim
Declension
References
Further reading
- “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), 2008–2025
Hungarian
Etymology
lel (“to find”) + -ek (personal suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛlɛk]
- Hyphenation: le‧lek
Verb
lelek
- first-person singular indicative present indefinite of lel
Polish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlɛk
- Syllabification: le‧lek
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lelьkъ. The Slavic base is certainly onomatopoeic, but it is not certain if this is in relation to growling, as in Serbo-Croatian lelekati, or in the swaying flight, as in *lelějati.[1]
Noun
lelek m animal
- nightjar; any bird from the subfamily Caprimulginae
- Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Declension
References
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic imitating children's speech + -ek.
Noun
lelek m pers
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) pampered person
- Alternative form: lalek
Derived terms
- lelkać impf
Further reading
- 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
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /lêleːk/
- Hyphenation: le‧lek
Noun
lȅlēk m inan (Cyrillic spelling ле̏ле̄к)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | lelek |
| genitive | leleka |
| dative | leleku |
| accusative | lelek |
| vocative | leleče |
| locative | leleku |
| instrumental | lelekom |
References
- ^ 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
- “lelek”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lelьkъ.[1] The Slavic base is certainly onomatopoeic, but it is not certain if this is in relation to growling, as in lelekati, or in the swaying flight, as in *lelějati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʎeʎek]
Noun
lelek m animal (relational adjective lelčí)
- nightjar; any bird from the subfamily Caprimulginae
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lelek | lelky |
| genitive | lelka | lelkov |
| dative | lelkovi | lelkom |
| accusative | lelka | lelky |
| locative | lelkovi | lelkoch |
| instrumental | lelkom | lelkami |
References
- ^ 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
- “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, 2003–2025