"еле" meaning in Russian

See еле in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [ˈjelʲe] Audio: Ru-еле.ogg Forms: е́ле [canonical], jéle [romanization]
Etymology: From Old East Slavic ѥлѣ (jelě), ѥль (jelĭ), from Proto-Slavic *le, *lě (see *ale). Cognate with Ukrainian єле (jele), dialectal ле (le), Old Church Slavonic ѥлѣ живъ (jelě živŭ) (translates Ancient Greek ἡμιθανής (hēmithanḗs)), Old Church Slavonic лѣ (lě), Serbo-Croatian ле, ље̏ (“negative intensifier”), Bulgarian еле (ele, “finally”), dated Slovene lė́ (“only, just”), Czech le (“and, but, however”), Old Polish le (“only”) Etymology templates: {{der|ru|orv|ѥлѣ}} Old East Slavic ѥлѣ (jelě), {{der|ru|sla-pro|*le}} Proto-Slavic *le, {{cog|uk|єле}} Ukrainian єле (jele), {{cog|cu|ѥлѣ живъ}} Old Church Slavonic ѥлѣ живъ (jelě živŭ), {{cog|cu|лѣ}} Old Church Slavonic лѣ (lě), {{cog|sh|ле}} Serbo-Croatian ле, {{cog|bg|еле||finally}} Bulgarian еле (ele, “finally”), {{cog|sl|lė́||only, just}} Slovene lė́ (“only, just”), {{cog|cs|le||and, but, however}} Czech le (“and, but, however”), {{cog|zlw-opl|le||only}} Old Polish le (“only”) Head templates: {{ru-adv|е́ле}} е́ле • (jéle)
  1. hardly, scarcely, barely
    Sense id: en-еле-ru-adv-IQk8Njjl
  2. slightly
    Sense id: en-еле-ru-adv-bl1sTgfj
  3. with (great) difficulty
    Sense id: en-еле-ru-adv-81dooGj- Categories (other): Russian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: с трудо́м (s trudóm), наси́лу (nasílu), едва́ (jedvá), чуть (čutʹ) Derived forms: е́ле-е́ле (jéle-jéle)
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jéle-jéle",
      "word": "е́ле-е́ле"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ru",
        "2": "orv",
        "3": "ѥлѣ"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "1": "uk",
        "2": "єле"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian єле (jele)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "ѥлѣ живъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic ѥлѣ живъ (jelě živŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "лѣ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic лѣ (lě)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ле"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian ле",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "еле",
        "3": "",
        "4": "finally"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian еле (ele, “finally”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sl",
        "2": "lė́",
        "3": "",
        "4": "only, just"
      },
      "expansion": "Slovene lė́ (“only, just”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "le",
        "3": "",
        "4": "and, but, however"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech le (“and, but, however”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zlw-opl",
        "2": "le",
        "3": "",
        "4": "only"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Polish le (“only”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "е́ле",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jéle",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "е́ле"
      },
      "expansion": "е́ле • (jéle)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hardly, scarcely, barely"
      ],
      "id": "en-еле-ru-adv-IQk8Njjl",
      "links": [
        [
          "hardly",
          "hardly"
        ],
        [
          "scarcely",
          "scarcely"
        ],
        [
          "barely",
          "barely"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "slightly"
      ],
      "id": "en-еле-ru-adv-bl1sTgfj",
      "links": [
        [
          "slightly",
          "slightly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "with (great) difficulty"
      ],
      "id": "en-еле-ru-adv-81dooGj-",
      "links": [
        [
          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈjelʲe]"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/Ru-%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5.ogg/Ru-%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
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      "roman": "s trudóm",
      "word": "с трудо́м"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nasílu",
      "word": "наси́лу"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jedvá",
      "word": "едва́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "čutʹ",
      "word": "чуть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "еле"
}
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    "Russian lemmas",
    "Russian palindromes",
    "Russian terms derived from Old East Slavic",
    "Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "jéle-jéle",
      "word": "е́ле-е́ле"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "orv",
        "3": "ѥлѣ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old East Slavic ѥлѣ (jelě)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "єле"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian єле (jele)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "cu",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic ѥлѣ живъ (jelě živŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "лѣ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic лѣ (lě)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ле"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian ле",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "еле",
        "3": "",
        "4": "finally"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian еле (ele, “finally”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sl",
        "2": "lė́",
        "3": "",
        "4": "only, just"
      },
      "expansion": "Slovene lė́ (“only, just”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "le",
        "3": "",
        "4": "and, but, however"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech le (“and, but, however”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zlw-opl",
        "2": "le",
        "3": "",
        "4": "only"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Polish le (“only”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "е́ле",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jéle",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "е́ле"
      },
      "expansion": "е́ле • (jéle)",
      "name": "ru-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hardly, scarcely, barely"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hardly",
          "hardly"
        ],
        [
          "scarcely",
          "scarcely"
        ],
        [
          "barely",
          "barely"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "slightly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slightly",
          "slightly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "with (great) difficulty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈjelʲe]"
    },
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      "audio": "Ru-еле.ogg",
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "s trudóm",
      "word": "с трудо́м"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nasílu",
      "word": "наси́лу"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jedvá",
      "word": "едва́"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čutʹ",
      "word": "чуть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "еле"
}

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