jel
See also: -jél and jěł
English
Alternative forms
- jeal
Etymology
Clipping of jealous
Pronunciation
- enPR: jĕl, IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛl/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛl
- Homophones: gel, jell
Adjective
jel (comparative more jel, superlative most jel)
- (UK, slang) jealous
- 2012 May 12, Kate Middleton looked amaze at London Olympic Gala concert, totally jel of the dress!, OK! Magazine
- 2015, Dani K., Footballers and Louboutins, Sly Fox / Ravenswood Publishing, →ISBN:
- What more could a girl want? Everyone that I knew was either so happy for me, or completely well jel of me.
- 2016 January 6, "Check out the bod that launched a bikini empire", Daily Star
- We can't figure out if we're more jel of her insane bod or luxurious lifestyle.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjɛl]
Verb
jel
- masculine singular past participle of jet
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Ugric *jelkä, from Proto-Uralic *jelkä (“trace”). Cognates include Finnish jälki and Estonian jälg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjɛl]
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Noun
jel (plural jelek)
- sign, symbol
- (grammar) non-terminal marker, inflectional suffix or affix (termination) marking a morphological feature of a word that does not change its syntactic role (including tense: past/future vs. present, number: plural vs. singular, degree: comparative/superlative vs. positive, mood: conditional/subjunctive vs. indicative, possession: my/your/etc., ownership: -é, and specification: -ik)
- Hypernym: toldalék
- Coordinate terms: képző, rag
Declension
Note: the primary accusative form is jelet; the shorter variant is mostly found in the phrase jelt ad (“to signal”) only.
| Inflection of jel | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | jel | jelek |
| accusative | jelet jelt | jeleket |
| dative | jelnek | jeleknek |
| instrumental | jellel | jelekkel |
| causal-final | jelért | jelekért |
| translative | jellé | jelekké |
| terminative | jelig | jelekig |
| essive-formal | jelként | jelekként |
| essive-modal | jelül | — |
| inessive | jelben | jelekben |
| superessive | jelen | jeleken |
| adessive | jelnél | jeleknél |
| illative | jelbe | jelekbe |
| sublative | jelre | jelekre |
| allative | jelhez | jelekhez |
| elative | jelből | jelekből |
| delative | jelről | jelekről |
| ablative | jeltől | jelektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | jelé | jeleké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | jeléi | jelekéi |
| Possessive forms of jel | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | jelem | jeleim |
| 2nd person sing. | jeled | jeleid |
| 3rd person sing. | jele | jelei |
| 1st person plural | jelünk | jeleink |
| 2nd person plural | jeletek | jeleitek |
| 3rd person plural | jelük | jeleik |
Derived terms
- jelel
- jeles
- jelez
- jelleg
- jellem
- jelöl
- jelű
Compound words with this term at the beginning
- jelkép
- jelmez
- jelnyelv
- jelszó
- jelvény
Compound words with this term at the end
- egyenlőségjel
- felkiáltójel
- feloldójel
- gondolatjel
- hangulatjel
- idézőjel
- írásjel
- képjel
- kérdőjel
- kötőjel
- mellékjel
- módosítójel
- összeadásjel
- párbeszédjel
- perjel
- rejtjel
- számjel
- személyjel
- szorzásjel
- választójel
- zárójel
Expressions
- diakritikus jel
Further reading
- jel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Anagrams
- lej
Latvian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb
jel
- do (imperative)
Livonian
Alternative forms
- (Courland) je'l
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *elo. Cognates include Finnish elo.
Noun
jel
- life
Mopan Maya
Noun
jel
- substitute, successor, replacement
References
- Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, University of Utah Press.
Old French
Alternative forms
- gel
- jol
Contraction
jel
- Contraction of je + le (I […] it)
- 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
- « Jel vuel savoir, » ce dist li sor Gr.
« Jel vous dirai, » B. li respondi.- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from English gel
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒæl/
Noun
jel (definite accusative jeli, plural jeller)
- gel