English

Proper noun

Lena

1. A female given name, from the Scandinavian, German and Russian pet form of Helena, Magdalena and Yelena (also spelled Elena).
2. Lena River, flowing 2,734 miles from the Baikal Mountains of Siberia to the Arctic Ocean.

Translations

Derived terms

• Leaping Lena

Anagrams

• elan, élan, enal, Lane, lane, lean, Neal

Danish

Proper noun

Lena

1. A female given name derived from Helena and Magdalena.

Faroese

Proper noun

Lena f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Lena: Lenuson
• daughter of Lena: Lenudóttir

Declension

German

Proper noun

Lena

1. A female given name derived from Helena and Magdalena.

Latin

Proper noun

Lēna m ‎(genitive Lēnae); first declension

1. A male given name, character in the play Cistellaria of Plautus.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Lena

1. A female given name derived from Helena and Magdalena.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.na/

Proper noun

Lena f

1. A female given name, Lena.
2. A diminutive of the female given name Milena
3. A diminutive of the female given name Helena
4. Lena, a river in Russia.

Declension

Portuguese

Proper noun

Lena m

1. Lena (a river in Siberia)

Swedish

Etymology

Short form of Magdalena and Helena. First recorded in Sweden in 1481.

Proper noun

Lena

1. A female given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 82 984 females with the given name Lena living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Irish

Alternative forms

• le n-a (superseded)

Particle

lena ‎(triggers eclipsis, in regular past tenses lenar)

1. with which, with whom (indirect relative; not used in the past tense except with some irregular verbs)

   an t-ord lena bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir‎ ― the sledgehammer with which he is breaking the chair

   an bhean lena dúirt sé é‎ ― the woman to whom he told it (literally ‘the woman with whom he said it’)

Usage notes

"With which" may also be expressed with the indirect relative particle before the verb and the appropriate inflected form of le in its original position in the clause:

• an t-ord a bhfuil sé ag briseadh an chathaoir leis — the sledgehammer that he is breaking the chair with [it]
• an bhean a dúirt sé léi é — the woman that he told it to [her]

Contraction

lena

1. Contraction of le ‎(“with”) + a (various meanings).

   ‘with his’ (triggers lenition): lena dheartháir‎ ― with his brother

   ‘with her’ (triggers h-prothesis): lena hathair‎ ― with her father

   ‘with their’ (triggers eclipsis: lena ndeartháir‎ ― with their brother

Related terms

Italian

Noun

lena f ‎(plural lene)

1. force, energy, vigour
2. breath

Synonyms

• vigore
• forza
• respiro

Related terms

• di buona lena
• senza tregua

Anagrams

• lane

Latin

Etymology

Feminization of lēnō ‎(“pimp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈleː.na/, [ˈɫeː.na]

Noun

lēna f ‎(genitive lēnae); first declension

1. (slang) procuress, madame
2. vocative singular of lēna

lēnā f

1. ablative singular of lēna

Inflection

First declension.

References

• lena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LENA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lena”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) a gentle, subdued voice: vox lenis, suppressa, summissa
    

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

lena

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of len.