слон
Belarusian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
слон • (slon) m animal (genitive слана́, nominative plural сланы́, genitive plural слано́ў)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | слон slon |
сланы́ slaný |
genitive | слана́ slaná |
слано́ў slanóŭ |
dative | слану́ slanú |
слана́м slanám |
accusative | слана́ slaná |
слано́ў slanóŭ |
instrumental | слано́м slanóm |
слана́мі slanámi |
locative | слане́ slanjé |
слана́х slanáx |
count form | — | сланы́1 slaný1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
See also edit
Chess pieces in Belarusian · ша́хматныя фігу́ры (šáxmatnyja fihúry) (layout · text) | |||||
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каро́ль (karólʹ) | ферзь (fjerzʹ) | ладдзя́ (laddzjá) | слон (slon) | конь (konʹ) | пе́шка (pjéška) |
Bulgarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).
Noun edit
слон • (slon) m (feminine слони́ца)
- elephant (usually a male one)
Declension edit
References edit
- “слон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “слон²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 113
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Slavic *slonъ (“offset”).
Noun edit
слон • (slon) m
Declension edit
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Derived terms edit
References edit
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
слон • (slon) m (plural слонови, feminine слоница, relational adjective слонов, diminutive слонче, augmentative слониште)
Declension edit
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- слонъ (slon) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).[1][2]
Vovin (2011) proposes that Slavic slonъ reflects Old Chinese 象 (*ljaŋʔ /*slaŋ/, “elephant”), an etymology previously suggested by Ivanov (1977: 156–57) albeit with an incorrect Old Chinese reconstruction *sðaŋ. As Vovin notes, contact between Slavic and Old Chinese is out of the question, so the solution might arise from an intermediary source. Ivanov (1977:154) believes that the Chuvash forms слон (slon), сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”) are Russian loans, with the latter being called into question by Vovin on phonetic grounds. According to him, Russian /o/ (phonetically a diphthong [uo] with a mid-high syllabic element [o]) is unlikely to be borrowed as Chuvash low vowel /a/. The reverse, namely the borrowing of Bulgar slightly labialised /a/ as Slavic /o/ is more than likely. Chuvash сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”) is exactly the expected outcome of the Old Chinese *slaŋ with the insertion of ⟨ă⟩ breaking the OC initial cluster /sl-/ and typical Bulgar shift of Proto-Turkic *ŋ to /n/. The presence of this word in Chuvash places proto-Bulgar speakers in the vicinity of Northern China no later than first century BCE, because approximately after that date the initial clusters in Old Chinese underwent the process of simplification.[3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
слон • (slon) m anim (genitive слона́, nominative plural слоны́, genitive plural слоно́в, feminine слони́ха, relational adjective слоно́вый or слоно́вий, diminutive сло́ник, augmentative слони́ще or слоня́ра)
- elephant
- (chess) bishop
- (colloquial, usually about children) one who walks loudly or heavily; stomper
Declension edit
Abbreviations edit
- (chess piece): С (S)
Synonyms edit
- (chess piece): офице́р (oficér) (informal)
Derived terms edit
- слонёнок (slonjónok)
- слони́ха (sloníxa)
- слоно́вник (slonóvnik)
- слонопота́м (slonopotám)
Descendants edit
See also edit
- морско́й слон (morskój slon)
Chess pieces in Russian · ша́хматные фигу́ры (šáxmatnyje figúry) (layout · text) | |||||
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коро́ль (korólʹ) | ферзь (ferzʹ) | ладья́ (ladʹjá) | слон (slon) | конь (konʹ) | пе́шка (péška) |
References edit
- ^ Vasmer 1955: 663.
- ^ Stachowski 2005: 447.
- ^ Vovin, Alexander (2011) First and second person singular pronouns: a pillar or a pillory of the ‘Altaic’ hypothesis?[1], pages 271–272
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it's related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
сло̏н m (Latin spelling slȍn)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “слон” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Ukrainian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it's related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
слон • (slon) m animal (genitive слона́, nominative plural слони́, genitive plural слоні́в, feminine слони́ха, relational adjective слоно́вий or слоня́чий, diminutive слоне́ня or слоня́)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | слон slon |
слони́ sloný |
genitive | слона́ sloná |
слоні́в slonív |
dative | слоно́ві, слону́ slonóvi, slonú |
слона́м slonám |
accusative | слона́ sloná |
слони́, слоні́в sloný, slonív |
instrumental | слоно́м slonóm |
слона́ми slonámy |
locative | слоно́ві, слоні́ slonóvi, sloní |
слона́х slonáx |
vocative | сло́не slóne |
слони́ sloný |
See also edit
Chess pieces in Ukrainian · шахові фігури (šaxovi fihury) (layout · text) | |||||
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король (korolʹ) | ферзь (ferzʹ) | тура (tura) | слон (slon) | кінь (kinʹ) | пішак (pišak) |
References edit
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “слон”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “слон”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)