el-

See en- § Etymology.

el-

1. The form taken by en- before the consonant l like ellipse and elliptical)-->, as it assimilates place of articulation.

From el (“from”).

el-

1. out, from

   elveni (“come out”), eltiri (“pull out, draw out”), elĵeti (“throw out”)

2. all the way, to a significant degree of completion, up

   eltrinki (“to drink up, drink all of something”), eluzi (“to use up, wear out”), ellerni (“to learn all the way, to master”)

• “el”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “el”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Cognate with Northern Mansi эл- (èl-).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛl]

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el-

1. (verbal prefix) indicates actions whose direction is pointing away from the speaker, either literally or figuratively

   megy (“to go, to walk”) → elmegy (“to go away”)

   vet (“to throw, to cast”) → elvet (“to dismiss, to rule out, to throw out (a plan or a possible solution)”)

   néz (“to look”) → elnéz (“to excuse, to forgive, to look the other way”)

2. (verbal prefix) indicates the unsuccessful or inaccurate completion of an action

   ír (“to write”) → elír (“to misspell”)

   számol (“to calculate”) → elszámol (“to miscalculate”)

   néz (“to look”) → elnéz (“to overlook”)

3. (verbal prefix) indicates separation, deprivation, etc.

   lop (“to steal something”) → ellop (“to steal something from someone”)

   zár (“to lock”) → elzár (“to lock away, to store something securely”)

5. (verbal prefix) indicates completeness or perfection

   Synonym: meg-

   alszik (“to sleep”) → elalszik (“to fall asleep”)

   éget (“to burn”) → eléget (“to burn away, to destroy completely by burning”)

   játszik (“to act”) → eljátszik (“to act out”)

   fogy (“to decrease, to diminish (in size, quantity, etc.)”) → elfogy (“to get used up”)

6. (verbal prefix) indicates continuity over a long period of time

   áll (“to stand”) → eláll (“of food: to remain fresh, not to get spoiled”)

   van (“to be, to exist”) → elvan (“to entertain/amuse oneself”)

   néz (“to look”) → elnéz (“to observe something, to watch”)

   játszik (“to play”) → eljátszik (“to play for a long time”)

• el
• Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes

• Hungarian verb prefixes in the English Wikipedia

• ele-, æl-

From Proto-West Germanic *ali-, *allja-, from Proto-Germanic *ali- ~ *alja-, combining form of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Cognate with Old Saxon eli-, Old High German eli-, and Old Norse alja-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈel/

el-

1. foreign, strange
2. different, other

Unknown.

el-

1. to lean

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “el-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 103