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zel (plural zels)

1. Alternative form of zill.

• Lez, lez

Inherited from Proto-Athabaskan *səɬ (“heat, sweat”).^[1] Cognate with Navajo -ZIIL

zel

1. to become warm

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Transitional	ziił	ziił	zeł	ziił

• sel

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 455

Borrowed from Latin zēlus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos).

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈze̞l]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈzɛl]

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zel m (plural zels)

1. fervor, zeal
2. heat, estrus

• gelós

• “zel”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “zel”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “zel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “zel”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛl]

zel n

1. genitive plural of zlo

zel

1. inflection of zelt:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

zel

1. alternative form of zele

• zele

Borrowed from Latin zēlus.

zel m (uncountable)

1. zeal

Borrowed from French zèle.

zel n (uncountable)

1. zeal (fervor or devotion)

   Synonyms: râvnă, sârguință, ardoare

• zelos

From Proto-Slavic *zъlъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źulas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwel-.

• IPA^(key): /zə́ʋ/

zə̏ł (comparative zlȇjši, superlative nȁjzlȇjši)

1. evil

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	zel	zla	zlo
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	zel ind zli def	zla	zlo
genitive	zlega	zle	zlega
dative	zlemu	zli	zlemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	zlo	zlo
locative	zlem	zli	zlem
instrumental	zlim	zlo	zlim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	zla	zli	zli
genitive	zlih	zlih	zlih
dative	zlima	zlima	zlima
accusative	zla	zli	zli
locative	zlih	zlih	zlih
instrumental	zlima	zlima	zlima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	zli	zle	zla
genitive	zlih	zlih	zlih
dative	zlim	zlim	zlim
accusative	zle	zle	zla
locative	zlih	zlih	zlih
instrumental	zlimi	zlimi	zlimi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /zéːʋ/

zẹ̑ł f

1. (clarification of this definition is needed) green plant

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	zél
gen. sing.	zelí
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	zél	zelí	zelí
genitive (rodȋlnik)	zelí	zelí	zelí
dative (dajȃlnik)	zéli	zeléma	zelém
accusative (tožȋlnik)	zél	zelí	zelí
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	zéli	zeléh	zeléh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	zeljó	zeléma	zelmí

• “zel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

From Arabic ذَال (ḏāl).

zel

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ذ