dlan

See also: dlaň and dlań

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dolnь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈdɫan/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈdlan/

Noun

dlan f

1. palm (inner part of the hand)
2. palm (unit of length)
3. (rare) sole (bottom surface of the foot)

   Synonym: chodidlo

Declension

Declension of dlan (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	dlan	dlani	dlani
genitive	dlani	dlaňú	dlaní
dative	dlani	dlanma	dlanem
accusative	dlan	dlani	dlani
vocative	dlani	dlani	dlani
locative	dlani	dlaňú	dlanech
instrumental	dlaňú	dlanma	dlanmi

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: dlaň

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “dlan”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dolnь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dlân/

Noun

dlȁn m (Cyrillic spelling дла̏н)

1. the palm of the hand

Declension

Declension of dlan

	singular	plural
nominative	dlȁn	dlànovi
genitive	dlana	dlanova
dative	dlanu	dlanovima
accusative	dlan	dlanove
vocative	dlane	dlanovi
locative	dlanu	dlanovima
instrumental	dlanom	dlanovima

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dolnь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dláːn/

Noun

dlȃn f

1. palm (inner, concave part of hand)

Inflection

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.	dlán
gen. sing.	dlaní
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	dlán	dlaní	dlaní
genitive (rodȋlnik)	dlaní	dlaní	dlaní
dative (dajȃlnik)	dláni	dlanéma	dlaném
accusative (tožȋlnik)	dlán	dlaní	dlaní
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dláni	dlanéh	dlanéh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dlanjó	dlanéma	dlanmí

Further reading

• “dlan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran