лен

See also: лењ, лэн, лён, and Appendix:Variations of "len"

Bulgarian

цвете лен

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lɛn]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ.

Noun

лен • (len) m (relational adjective ленен, diminutive ле́нец)

  1. linen (plant of family Linaceae, most commonly of genus Linum)
  2. flax (fiber made of linen)
Declension
Derived terms
  • ле́нище (lénište, flax plantation)
  • ле́неница (lénenica, flax fabric or cloth made of flax)

References

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnь (i-stem), substantivized from an earlier adjective лѣнъ (lěnŭ, lazy) (attested in Old Church Slavonic).

Noun

лен • (len) f (relational adjective лени́в) (dated)

  1. indolence, sloth, sluggishness
    някому му е ленnjakomu mu e lento feel sluggish
Declension
Derived terms
  • леня́ се (lenjá se, to slack, to idle) (causative-iterative)
  • ля́нтьо m (ljántjo), ля́нта f (ljánta, sluggard) (colloquial)
  • ле́ност (lénost, lethargy)
  • лентя́й (lentjáj, slack)
  • лени́вец (lenívec, sloth) (a person or the animal)

References

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lɛn]

Noun

лен • (len) m (relational adjective ленен)

  1. flax
  2. linen

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • лен” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lehen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲen]

Noun

лен • (len) m inan (genitive ле́на, nominative plural ле́ны, genitive plural ле́нов)

  1. fief, fee

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lêːn/

Adjective

ле̑н (definite ле̑нӣ, comparative ле̏њӣ, Latin spelling lȇn)

  1. lazy

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

From German Lehen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɫɛn]
  • Hyphenation: лен

Noun

лен • (len) m inan (genitive ле́ну, nominative plural ле́ни, genitive plural ле́нів)

  1. fief, tenure

Declension

References

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