эль

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *eʌlʌ (“fishspear”), perhaps from earlier *egʌl?^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ɛl̥ʲ˥˩], [ɛɬʲ˥˩]

эль (èlʲ) n (plural эʼль or элинь)

1. fishspear, harpoon (fishing implement)

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *eˀʌlʌ (“weak, limp, slack, flabby”).^[2]

• IPA^(key): [ɛl̥ʲ˥˩], [ɛɬʲ˥˩]

эль (èlʲ)

1. weak, slack; flabby
2. loose, loose-fitting (of clothes)

• This term is only found in the Southern Ket varieties (Kellog dialect,) and it is not listed by VWdJS as a Ket word. The neighbouring related Yug (who traditionally lived south of the Ket speakers) feature this term regularly, which may suggest a linguistic contact or common preservation of the ancestral term.

• Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 230, 259-260
• Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 166

Borrowed from English ale.

• IPA^(key): [ɛlʲ]

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эль • (elʹ) m inan (genitive э́ля, nominative plural э́ли, genitive plural э́лей, relational adjective э́левый)

1. ale (English beer)

эль • (elʹ) n inan (indeclinable)

1. The Cyrillic letter Л, л.
2. The Roman letter L, l.

See usage notes for л (l).

• (letter): эл (el)