Елена

See also: елена

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, 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 or Yelena, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen

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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