алей

Belarusian

алей

Alternative forms

• alej — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈlʲej]

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olějь, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion), from Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon. Compare with Polish olej.

Noun

але́й • (aljéj) m inan (genitive але́ю, nominative plural але́і, genitive plural але́яў)

1. oil (oil produced from plants)
2. oil (liquid fat)

   Hypernym: тлу́шч (tlúšč)

3. holy oil, chrism

   Synonym: яле́й (jaljéj)

Usage notes

If further unqualified in everyday speech, it means cooking oil. Motor oil is алі́ва (alíva). Crude oil is на́фта (náfta).

Declension

Declension of але́й (inan soft masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	але́й aljéj	але́і aljéi
genitive	але́ю aljéju	але́яў aljéjaŭ
dative	але́ю aljéju	але́ям aljéjam
accusative	але́й aljéj	але́і aljéi
instrumental	але́ем aljéjem	але́ямі aljéjami
locative	але́і aljéi	але́ях aljéjax
count form	—	але́і1 aljéi1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Etymology 2

Noun

але́й • (aljéj) f inan

1. genitive plural of але́я (aljéja)

References

• “алей” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “алей”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from French allée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈlɛj]

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Noun

але́й • (aléj) m

1. (archaic) Alternative form of але́я (aléja, “allée”)

Declension

Declension of але́й

	singular	plural
indefinite	але́й aléj	але́и aléi
definite (subject form)	але́ят aléjat	але́ите aléite
definite (object form)	але́я aléja
count form	—	але́я aléja

References

• “алей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈɫɛi̯]

Noun

але́й • (aléj) f inan

1. genitive plural of але́я (aléja)