# элемент
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* элемэ́нт (eljemént) — Taraškievica orthography
* element — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɛlʲeˈmʲent]

### Noun

элеме́нт • (eljemjént) m inan (genitive элеме́нта, nominative plural элеме́нты, genitive plural элеме́нтаў)
* element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)
* (chemistry) element (any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus)
** 1928 [1928], Arthur Conan Doyle, translated by Кастусь Гарабурда, Глыбіня Маракота, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Maracot Deep, page 66:Молекулі элемэнтаў падобны да цэглы, і цэгліны гэтыя ляжаць вакол нас.Móljekuli eljementaŭ padóbny da cehly, i cehliny hetyja ljažacʹ vakól nas.[original: The molecules of the elements are like bricks, and these bricks lie all around us.]
** 2008, “Аб Правілах беларускай арфаграфіі і пунктуацыі”, in Национальный реестр правовых актов Республики Беларусь‎, number 2/1517:Калі першая частка складанага слова ўтворана ад назвы хімічнага элемента радый, то пішацца літара е, якая з’яўляецца злучальнай галоснай:[Калі пе́ршая ча́стка склада́нага сло́ва ўтво́рана ад на́звы хімічнага элеме́нта ра́дый, то пішацца літара е, яка́я з'яўля́ецца злуча́льнай гало́снай.]Kali pjéršaja částka skladánaha slóva ŭtvórana ad názvy ximičnaha eljemjénta rádyj, to pišacca litara je, jakája zʺjaŭljájecca zlučálʹnaj halósnaj.If the first part of a compound word is formed from the name of chemical element Radium, then the letter е is written, it is a connecting vowel.
* element (a small part of the whole)
** 1939 [1906], Jack London, anonymous translator, Белы клык, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of White Fang, page 53:Ваўчок ведаў толькі адно: гукі былі непрывычныя, дзіўныя, а значыць, невядомыя і страшныя, — бо невядомае было адным з асноўных элементаў, з якіх складваўся страх.Vaŭčók vjedaŭ tólʹki adnó: huki byli njepryvyčnyja, dziŭnyja, a značycʹ, njevjadómyja i strašnyja, — bo njevjadómaje byló adnym z asnóŭnyx eljemjentaŭ, z jakix skladvaŭsja strax.[original: The cub knew only that the sniff was strange, a something unclassified, therefore unknown and terrible—for the unknown was one of the chief elements that went into the making of fear.]The wolf cub knew only that the sounds were unusual, strange, and therefore unknown and terrible—for the unknown was one of the chief elements that went into the making of fear.
* (electricity) electrochemical cell
** 1928 [1928], Arthur Conan Doyle, translated by Кастусь Гарабурда, Глыбіня Маракота, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Maracot Deep, page 43:Сьвет стух, калі дрот абарваўся, але нават у цемры доктар здолеў злучыць сухія элемэнты Гелезена, і яны запалілі некалькі лямпак у столі.Sʹvjet stux, kali drot abarvaŭsja, alje navat u cjemry dóktar zdóljeŭ zlučycʹ suxija eljementy Hjeljezjena, i jany zapalili njekalʹki ljampak u stóli.[original: The lights had gone out when the wire snapped, but even in the dark the Doctor was able to connect up the Hellesens dry cells which lit a number of lamps in the roof.]

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### References

* “элемент”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
* “элемент” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Kazakh

Alternative scripts :
| Arabic | ەلەمەنت |
| Cyrillic | элемент |
| Latin | element |

### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian элеме́нт (elemént), from Latin elementum, from Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɪlʲɪˈmʲent]

### Noun

элемент • (élement)
* (chemistry, physics) element

#### Derived terms

* элементті (élementtı)
* элементтік (élementtık)

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɪlʲɪˈmʲent]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ent

### Noun

элеме́нт • (elemént) m inan or m anim (genitive элеме́нта, nominative plural элеме́нты, genitive plural элеме́нтов, relational adjective элеме́нтный)
* element, component
** 1864, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть I, Глава I”, in Записки из подполья; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Notes from Underground, 1918:Я помину́тно сознава́л в себе́ мно́го-премно́го са́мых противополо́жных тому́ элеме́нтов. Я чу́вствовал, что они́ так и киша́т во мне, э́ти противополо́жные элеме́нты.Ja pominútno soznavál v sebé mnógo-premnóvo sámyx protivopolóžnyx tomú eleméntov. Ja čúvstvoval, što oní tak i kišát vo mne, éti protivopolóžnyje eleménty.I was conscious every moment in myself of many, very many elements absolutely opposite to that. I felt them positively swarming in me, these opposite elements.
* (chemistry, physics) element
* (colloquial, also collective) person (of a specified type); (in the plural) element
    консервати́вные элеме́нты о́бщества ― konservatívnyje eleménty óbščestva ― the conservative element of society
    мужско́й элеме́нт ― mužskój elemént ― the male element (= men in general)
* (colloquial, animate, derogatory) bad person, harmful person
* (electricity) electrochemical cell
    гальвани́ческий элеме́нт ― galʹvaníčeskij elemént ― galvanic cell

#### Related terms

* элемента́рный (elementárnyj)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: էլեմենտ (ēlement)
* → Kazakh: элемент (élement)
* → Uyghur: ئېلېمېنت (ëlëmënt)