ланита
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ланита на лицe
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olnita.
Pronunciation
Noun
лани́та • (laníta) f (regional, obsolescent)
Usage notes
Often used as plurale tantum лани́ти (laníti) to refer to the rare side of the face.
Declension
Declension of лани́та
References
- “ланита”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “лани́тꙑ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 4
- “ланита”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olnita.
Noun
ланита • (lanita) f
Declension
Declension of ланита (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ланита lanita |
ланитѣ lanitě |
ланитꙑ lanity |
| genitive | ланитꙑ lanity |
ланитоу lanitu |
ланитъ lanitŭ |
| dative | ланитѣ lanitě |
ланитама lanitama |
ланитамъ lanitamŭ |
| accusative | ланитѫ lanitǫ |
ланитѣ lanitě |
ланитꙑ lanity |
| instrumental | ланитоѭ lanitojǫ |
ланитама lanitama |
ланитами lanitami |
| locative | ланитѣ lanitě |
ланитоу lanitu |
ланитахъ lanitaxŭ |
| vocative | ланито lanito |
ланитѣ lanitě |
ланитꙑ lanity |
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ланита (lanita), from Proto-Slavic *olnita. Cognate with Bulgarian ланита (lanita). Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina), Latin ulna (“elbow”), Sanskrit अणि (aṇi, “the point of a needle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
лани́та • (laníta) f inan (genitive лани́ты, nominative plural лани́ты, genitive plural лани́т)
- (dated) cheek
- Synonym: щека́ (ščeká)
- 1823, Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev, Слёзы [Tears]:
- Люблю́ когда́ лицо́ прекра́сной
Весенній воздухъ пламенитъ,
То кудре́й шолкъ взвѣваетъ сладостра́стный,
То въ я́мочки впива́ется ланитъ!- Ljubljú kogdá licó prekrásnoj
Vesennij vozdux plamenit,
To kudréj šolk vzvěvajet sladostrástnyj,
To v jámočki vpivájetsja lanit! - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Ljubljú kogdá licó prekrásnoj
Declension
Declension of лани́та (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ланита”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress