эл
{noun} [Generate paradigm] 1. land, country, state, nation
♦ вес элла {noun} foreign countries
♦ вес элла гыч толшо уна-влак {noun} foreign guests, guests from abroad
♦ йот эл {noun} foreign country
♦ Марий Эл {place name} {noun} {set phrase} Mari El; {set phrase} land of the Maris
♦ пӱтынь элыште {adverb} in the whole country
♦ шочмо эл {noun} native land, motherland, fatherland
2. native land, motherland, fatherland
♦ элым аралаш (-ем) {verb II} to protect one's native land
3. land, area, territory, lands
♦ мӱндыр эл-влак {noun} distant lands
♦ шокшо элла {noun} tropical lands
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♦ эл чек {noun} state border