Part of speech: noun
Gender: feminine
Stem: -ō-
ell (the distance from the elbow to the fingertips; a unit of lengths approximately equal to 18 inches / 45.7 centimetres)
Etymology
[Mod E ELL ← Prot-Germ *alīnō, *alinō “ell”; Goth aleina; O Fris elne; O Sax elina; Dt el; OHG elina, elna, elle (Mod G Elle); O Icel ǫln (cf Mod Icel alin) ← Indo-Europ *olinā-, *olīnā-; Sanskr aratní- “elbow”; Avest arəθna- “elbow”; Anc Gr ὠλένη “elbow; forearm”; Lat ulna “elbow; forearm; ell”; O Ir uilen “elbow”; O Prus alkunis “elbow”; O Slav лакъть “elbow; ell” (Russ локоть)]
Paradigm
1.1.2. (a)
(a) short-stemmed version: car-
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nouns, -ō- stem, feminine gender
caru
(care) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | caru | cara, care |
| genitive | care | cara, carena |
| dative (instrumental) | care | carum |
| accusative | care | cara, care |
The ending -ena in Gen pl is determined by the analogy with the weak declension
(b) long-stemmed version: heord-
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nouns, -ō- stem, feminine gender
heord
(ჯოგი; ფარა) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | heord | heorda, heorde |
| genitive | heorde | heorda, heordena |
| dative (instrumental) | heorde | heordum |
| accusative | heorde | heorda, heorde |
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