олень

• Hyphenation: оле‧нь

From early *олꙑ (*oly, nom. sg.), inherited from Proto-Slavic *ely.

Cognates include Old East Slavic олень (olenĭ), Old Ruthenian оле́нь (olénʹ), Old Church Slavonic ѥлень (jelenĭ).

олень • (olenĭ) m

1. deer

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *eleňь. First attested in c. 1180–1200 as оленихъ (olenixŭ, gen. pl. f.).

Cognates include Old East Slavic олень (olenĭ), Old Ruthenian оле́нїй (olénij), Old Church Slavonic ѥлен҄ь (jelenʹĭ).

олень • (olenĭ)^[1]

1. (relational, hapax legomenon) deer, reindeer
   • c. 1180 – 1200, Birch bark letter no. St. R. 54^[1], Staraya Russa (Pyatnitsky-II excavation, Estate B):

     ѿсьлицѣ к ꙑваноу крини роукавиць оленихъ

     otŭsĭlicʹjě k yvanu krini rukavicʹĭ olenixŭ

     From Oslica to Ivan. Buy reindeer mittens.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *elỳ.

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈlʲenʲ]

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• Rhymes: -enʲ

оле́нь • (olénʹ) m anim (genitive оле́ня, nominative plural оле́ни, genitive plural оле́ней)

1. deer

   се́верный оле́нь ― sévernyj olénʹ ― reindeer

   америка́нский се́верный оле́нь ― amerikánskij sévernyj olénʹ ― caribou

   безро́гий оле́нь ― bezrógij olénʹ ― pollard

   благоро́дный оле́нь ― blagoródnyj olénʹ ― stag, red deer, elk (U.S.) (Cervus elaphus)

   настоя́щий оле́нь ― nastojáščij olénʹ ― stag, red deer, elk (U.S.) (Cervus elaphus)

2. buck, stag (male deer)
3. (colloquial, derogatory) dimwit, fool, narrow-minded individual

Compound words:

Compounds:

• → Ingrian: oleni
• ⇒ Russenorsk: olenamann

• лось m (losʹ)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “олень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “олень”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *elỳ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔɫenʲ]

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о́лень • (ólenʹ) m animal (genitive о́леня, nominative plural о́лені, genitive plural о́ленів, female equivalent олени́ця, relational adjective оле́нячий, diminutive оленя́)

1. deer

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “олень”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “олень”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[2]