len
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech len, from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ[1] from Proto-Indo-European *lino-.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
len m inan
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ "len" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German lēn, from Old Saxon lēhan, from Proto-West Germanic *laihn, from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), cognate with German Lehn (Swedish län is a loan from Low German). Doublet of lån.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
len n (singular definite lenet, plural indefinite len)
- (historical) fief (a land given by a sovereign to a vassal in exchange for military services, especially in the Middle Ages)
- (historical) entailed estate (a property given by the king to a person with specific rules of inheritance, in Denmark 1691-1919)
- (historical) county (a regional and administrative unit, in Denmark until 1662; also used with reference to the län of modern Sweden and Finland)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “len” in Den Danske Ordbog
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Romansch len, lenn, lain.
Noun edit
len m (plural lens)
Related terms edit
Galician edit
Verb edit
len
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
len (plural lenek)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | len | lenek |
accusative | lent | leneket |
dative | lennek | leneknek |
instrumental | lennel | lenekkel |
causal-final | lenért | lenekért |
translative | lenné | lenekké |
terminative | lenig | lenekig |
essive-formal | lenként | lenekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | lenben | lenekben |
superessive | lenen | leneken |
adessive | lennél | leneknél |
illative | lenbe | lenekbe |
sublative | lenre | lenekre |
allative | lenhez | lenekhez |
elative | lenből | lenekből |
delative | lenről | lenekről |
ablative | lentől | lenektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
lené | leneké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
lenéi | lenekéi |
Possessive forms of len | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | lenem | lenjeim |
2nd person sing. | lened | lenjeid |
3rd person sing. | lenje | lenjei |
1st person plural | lenünk | lenjeink |
2nd person plural | lenetek | lenjeitek |
3rd person plural | lenjük | lenjeik |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ len in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- len in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Irish edit
Preposition edit
len
Usage notes edit
This form is found only before bhur (“your pl”) and is not part of the standard written language. In older texts, len bhur may also be spelled le nbhur.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
len
- imperative of lene
Old Czech edit
Alternative forms edit
- ľen (alternative writing)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lino-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
len m inan
Declension edit
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | len | lny | lni, lnové |
genitive | lna, lnu | lnú | lnóv |
dative | lnu | lnoma | lnóm |
accusative | len | lny | lny |
vocative | lne | lny | lni, lnové |
locative | lně, lnu | lnú | lniech |
instrumental | lnem | lnoma | lny |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants edit
- Czech: len
Further reading edit
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “len”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lino-. Doublet of lina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
len m inan
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Romani edit
Noun edit
len m
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.
Noun edit
len m
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnъ.
Adjective edit
lȇn (definite lȇnī, comparative lȅnjī, Cyrillic spelling ле̑н)
- Alternative form of lijen (“lazy”).
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
len
Further reading edit
- “len”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *lěnъ.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lẹ̑n or lȅn (comparative bȍlj lẹ̑n, superlative nȁjbolj lẹ̑n)
Inflection edit
Hard | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nom. sing. | lén | léna | léno |
singular | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | lén ind léni def |
léna | léno |
genitive | lénega | léne | lénega |
dative | lénemu | léni | lénemu |
accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim |
léno | léno |
locative | lénem | léni | lénem |
instrumental | lénim | léno | lénim |
dual | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | léna | léni | léni |
genitive | lénih | lénih | lénih |
dative | lénima | lénima | lénima |
accusative | léna | léni | léni |
locative | lénih | lénih | lénih |
instrumental | lénima | lénima | lénima |
plural | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | léni | léne | léna |
genitive | lénih | lénih | lénih |
dative | lénim | lénim | lénim |
accusative | léne | léne | léna |
locative | lénih | lénih | lénih |
instrumental | lénimi | lénimi | lénimi |
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “len”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse linr, from Proto-Germanic *linwaz.
Adjective edit
len (comparative lenare, superlative lenast)
Usage notes edit
Focuses on the (pleasant) sensation when dragging one's fingers (or another body part) across something smooth and soft. Smooth and soft to the touch.
Declension edit
Inflection of len | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | len | lenare | lenast |
Neuter singular | lent | lenare | lenast |
Plural | lena | lenare | lenast |
Masculine plural3 | lene | lenare | lenast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | lene | lenare | lenaste |
All | lena | lenare | lenaste |
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
- Lena Handén
- honungslen (“honeyed”)
- len i munnen
- len som en barnrumpa (“smooth as a baby's bottom”)
- len som en persika (“smooth as a peach”)
- len som honung (“smooth as butter”) (literally, "smooth as honey")
- silkeslen (“silky, silky smooth”)
See also edit
- slät (“smooth (whether hard or soft)”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
len
References edit
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
len
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
Derived terms edit
Volapük edit
Preposition edit
len
Welsh edit
Noun edit
len
- Soft mutation of llen.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
llen | len | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |