klen
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klenъ.
Noun edit
klȅn m (Cyrillic spelling кле̏н)
Declension edit
- Štokavian:
Declension of klen
- Čakavian:
- klȅn, klenȁ
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klenь.
Noun edit
klȅn m (Cyrillic spelling кле̏н)
Declension edit
Declension of klen
Alternative forms edit
- klijȇn (dialectal, non-standard)
Slovene edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Slavic *klenъ.
Noun edit
klèn m inan
- (archaic) field maple (Acer campestre) (now: maklèn)
Inflection edit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | klèn | ||
gen. sing. | kléna | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
klèn | kléna | kléni |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
kléna | klénov | klénov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
klénu | klénoma | klénom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
klèn | kléna | kléne |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
klénu | klénih | klénih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
klénom | klénoma | kléni |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Slavic *klenь.
Noun edit
klẹ̀n m inan
Inflection edit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | klẹ̀n | ||
gen. sing. | klẹ́na | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
klẹ̀n | klẹ́na | klẹ́ni |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
klẹ́na | klẹ́nov | klẹ́nov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
klẹ́nu | klẹ́noma | klẹ́nom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
klẹ̀n | klẹ́na | klẹ́ne |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
klẹ́nu | klẹ́nih | klẹ́nih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
klẹ́nom | klẹ́noma | klẹ́ni |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Clipping of jeklẹ̑n (“of steel”)
Adjective edit
klẹ̑n (comparative bȍlj klẹ̑n, superlative nȁjbolj klẹ̑n)
Inflection edit
Hard | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nom. sing. | klẹ̑n | klẹ̑na | klẹ̑no |
singular | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | klẹ̑n ind klẹ̑ni def |
klẹ̑na | klẹ̑no |
genitive | klẹ̑nega | klẹ̑ne | klẹ̑nega |
dative | klẹ̑nemu | klẹ̑ni | klẹ̑nemu |
accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim |
klẹ̑no | klẹ̑no |
locative | klẹ̑nem | klẹ̑ni | klẹ̑nem |
instrumental | klẹ̑nim | klẹ̑no | klẹ̑nim |
dual | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | klẹ̑na | klẹ̑ni | klẹ̑ni |
genitive | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih |
dative | klẹ̑nima | klẹ̑nima | klẹ̑nima |
accusative | klẹ̑na | klẹ̑ni | klẹ̑ni |
locative | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih |
instrumental | klẹ̑nima | klẹ̑nima | klẹ̑nima |
plural | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | klẹ̑ni | klẹ̑ne | klẹ̑na |
genitive | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih |
dative | klẹ̑nim | klẹ̑nim | klẹ̑nim |
accusative | klẹ̑ne | klẹ̑ne | klẹ̑na |
locative | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih |
instrumental | klẹ̑nimi | klẹ̑nimi | klẹ̑nimi |
Further reading edit
- “klen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “klen”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Swedish klen, from Old Norse klénn, from Middle Low German klên, klêne, from Old Saxon klēni, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“clear, pure”). Doublet of klenod and klenät.
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
klen (comparative klenare, superlative klenast)
Declension edit
Inflection of klen | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | klen | klenare | klenast |
Neuter singular | klent | klenare | klenast |
Plural | klena | klenare | klenast |
Masculine plural3 | klene | klenare | klenast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | klene | klenare | klenaste |
All | klena | klenare | klenaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- klen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- klen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- klen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- klen in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)