len
Czech
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Czech len, from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ[1] from Proto-Indo-European *lino-.[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlen m inan
Declension
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “len”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
Further reading
editDanish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editlen 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
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- “len” in Den Danske Ordbog
Friulian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Romansch len, lenn, lain.
Noun
editlen m (plural lens)
Related terms
editGalician
editVerb
editlen
Hungarian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlen (plural lenek)
Declension
editInflection (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 | ||
---|---|---|
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
editReferences
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
editPreposition
editlen
Usage notes
editThis 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
editVerb
editlen
- imperative of lene
Old Czech
editAlternative forms
edit- ľen (alternative writing)
Etymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lino-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlen m inan
Declension
editsingular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
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
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ. Doublet of lina.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlen m inan (related adjective lniany)
Declension
editFurther reading
editRomani
editNoun
editlen m
Romansch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.
Noun
editlen m
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnъ.
Adjective
editlȇn (Cyrillic spelling ле̑н, definite lȇnī, comparative lȅnjī)
- Alternative form of lijen (“lazy”).
Slovak
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editlen
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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Slavic *lěnъ.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editlẹ̑n or lȅn (comparative bȍlj lẹ̑n, superlative nȁjbolj lẹ̑n)
Inflection
editHard | |||
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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
editFurther reading
edit- “len”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “len”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Swedish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse linr, from Proto-Germanic *linwaz.
Adjective
editlen (comparative lenare, superlative lenast)
Usage notes
editFocuses 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
editInflection of len | |||
---|---|---|---|
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
editNoun
editlen
References
editVietnamese
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editlen
Etymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
editDerived terms
editVolapük
editPreposition
editlen
Welsh
editNoun
editlen
- Soft mutation of llen.
Mutation
edit- Czech terms inherited from Old Czech
- Czech terms derived from Old Czech
- Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Czech terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Czech/ɛn
- Rhymes:Czech/ɛn/1 syllable
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech nouns with reducible stem
- cs:Fibers
- cs:Malpighiales order plants
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leykʷ-
- Danish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Danish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Danish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish doublets
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
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- Danish terms with historical senses
- Friulian terms inherited from Latin
- Friulian terms derived from Latin
- Friulian lemmas
- Friulian nouns
- Friulian masculine nouns
- Galician non-lemma forms
- Galician verb forms
- Hungarian terms borrowed from Slavic languages
- Hungarian terms derived from Slavic languages
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- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛn
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- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- Hungarian three-letter words
- hu:Malpighiales order plants
- Irish lemmas
- Irish prepositions
- Irish dialectal terms
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
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- Old Czech terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Old Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Old Czech terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Czech terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Czech lemmas
- Old Czech nouns
- Old Czech masculine nouns
- Old Czech inanimate nouns
- Old Czech nouns with actual gender different from declined gender
- Old Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Old Czech hard masculine o-stem nouns
- Old Czech nouns with reducible stem
- zlw-ocs:Malpighiales order plants
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Polish terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Polish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Polish doublets
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛn
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛn/1 syllable
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Malpighiales order plants
- pl:Textiles
- Romani lemmas
- Romani nouns
- Romani masculine nouns
- rom:Landforms
- rom:Water
- Romansch terms inherited from Latin
- Romansch terms derived from Latin
- Romansch lemmas
- Romansch nouns
- Romansch masculine nouns
- Sutsilvan Romansch
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian adjectives
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
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- Slovene terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Slovene terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Slovene 1-syllable words
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- Slovene lemmas
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- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
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- Swedish lemmas
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- Swedish terms borrowed from Turkish
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- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Vietnamese lemmas
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- vi:Fabrics
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- Volapük lemmas
- Volapük prepositions
- Welsh non-lemma forms
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