lan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"

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BasqueEdit

NounEdit

lan

1. work, task
2. labour
3. annoyance, trouble

DeclensionEdit

(inanimate noun) declension of lan indefinite singular plural absolutive lan lana lanak ergative lanek lanak lanek dative lani lanari lanei genitive lanen lanaren lanen comitative lanekin lanarekin lanekin causative lanentzat lanarentzat lanentzat benefactive lanengatik lanarengatik lanengatik instrumental lanez lanaz lanez inessive lanetan lanan lanetan locative lanetako laneko lanetako allative lanetara lanera lanetara terminative lanetaraino laneraino lanetaraino directive lanetarantz lanerantz lanetarantz destinative lanetarako lanerako lanetarako ablative lanetatik lanetik lanetatik partitive lanik - - prolative lantzat - -

Derived termsEdit

• lan egin 'work' (v.)
• lantegi 'workplace'

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Haitian CreoleEdit

ArticleEdit

lan

1. the (definite article)

Usage notesEdit

Use this word only after a word that ends with a nasal vowel and an oral (non-nasal) consonant, in that order, and when it modifies a singular noun.

See alsoEdit

• a
• an
• la
• nan
• yo
• yon

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JavaneseEdit

ConjunctionEdit

lan

1. and

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Lower SorbianEdit

lan

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *lьnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lino-; cognate with Upper Sorbian len, Polish len, Czech len, Russian лён (ljon), Old Church Slavonic льнѣнъ (lĭněnŭ).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /lan/

NounEdit

lan m (diminutive lank)

1. flax (“Linum usitatissimum”)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of lan

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	lan	lana	lany
Genitive	lana	lanowu	lanow
Dative	lanoju	lanoma	lanam
Accusative	lan	lana	lany
Instrumental	lanom	lanoma	lanami
Locative	lanje	lanoma	lanach

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MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

lan

1. Nonstandard spelling of lán.
2. Nonstandard spelling of lǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of làn.

Usage notesEdit

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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NovialEdit

DeterminerEdit

lan

1. her

PronounEdit

lan

1. hers

Related termsEdit

• la
• lasen

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From a Slavic form; compare Ukrainian лан (lan).

NounEdit

lan n (plural lanuri)

1. field (arable land)

DeclensionEdit

declension of lan

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) lan	lanul	(niște) lanuri	lanurile
genitive/dative	(unui) lan	lanului	(unor) lanuri	lanurilor
vocative	lanule		lanurilor

SynonymsEdit

• ogor

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *lьnъ.

NounEdit

lȁn m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏н)

1. flax

DeclensionEdit

Declension of lan

	singular	plural
nominative	lan	lanovi
genitive	lana	lanova
dative	lanu	lanovima
accusative	lan	lanove
vocative	lanu	lanovi
locative	lanu	lanovima
instrumental	lanom	lanovima

Derived termsEdit

• lànen

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TetumEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Portuguese lã, from Old Portuguese lãa (“wool”), from Latin lāna (“wool”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).

NounEdit

lan

1. wool

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TurkishEdit

NounEdit

lan

1. mate (clarification of this definition is needed)

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *laaɲ (“to spread; to be propagated”); cognate with Bahnar lanh (“to spread”), Khasi laiñ-laiñ (“from place to place”), Mon သၞာန် (hənan, “to spread”) (through a prefixed form). Compare also tràn (“to overflow”).

VerbEdit

lan

1. to spread; to run

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• lan truyền

• tràn lan

Etymology 2Edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蘭.

NounEdit

(classifier cây, bông, hoa) lan

1. orchid

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WabEdit

NounEdit

lan

1. water

Further readingEdit

• John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars (2012)

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WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /lan/

NounEdit

lan

1. Soft mutation of llan.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llan	lan	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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ZhuangEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Tai *ʰlaːnᴬ (“nephew; niece; grandchild”). Cognate with Thai หลาน (lǎan), Lao ຫຼານ (lān), Tai Dam ꪨꪱꪙ, Shan လၢၼ် (lǎan), Ahom 𑜎𑜃𑜫 (lan), Saek หล่าน.

PronunciationEdit

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /laːn˨˦/
• Tone numbers: lan¹
• Hyphenation: lan

NounEdit

lan (old orthography lan)

1. grandchild