lačan

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word lačan. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word lačan, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say lačan in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word lačan you have here. The definition of the word lačan will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oflačan, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: lacan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olčьnъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lȁčan (Cyrillic spelling ла̏чан, definite lȁčnī, comparative lačniji)

  1. (Chakavian, Kajkavian) hungry
    Synonym: gládan
    • 1380, N. N., “ⱄⱅ꙯ꙿ ⱄⰵ ⰽⱁⰽꙿⱍⰰ” in the Paris Miscellany of 1380 (Code slave 11), folio 189b et seq.:
      ⱄⱅ꙯ⰻ ⱁⱍ꙯ⰵ ⰽⰲⰻⰶⰻⱅⱆⱃⱆ · ⱁⰲꙿ ⱅⰻ ⰱⰾⱓⰴⰻ ·
      ⰾⱜⱍꙿⱀⱜ ⰶⰵⱑⱀⱜ ⱀⰰⰳꙿ ⰱⱁⱄⱜ ⱈⱁⰴⰻ ⰰ ⱀⱄ꙯ⱜ ⱄⱆⰴⰻ ·
      ⱂⱃⱁⱄⰻⰿⱁ ⱅⰵ ⰴⰰ ⱄⰵ ⱁⰲꙿ ⱈⰻⱀⰰⱌⱜ ⰾⱑ ⱁⱄⰿⱆⰴⰻ ·
      s(ve)ti o(t’)če kvižituru · ov’ ti bljudi ·
      l’č’n’ žeěn’ nag’ bos’ hodi a n(a)s’ sudi ·
      prosimo te da se ov’ hinac’ lě osmudi ·
      Holy Father Inquisitor, this one is straying:
      hungry, thirsty, naked, barefoot he walks, yet he judges us!
      We beg you only that this deceiver be burned.
    • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:
      Tad lacan chorito / praſac oſtauglaſce /
      Zuire ſtrahliuito / bigat neumiaſce /
      Tad lačan korito prasac ostavljaše,
      zvire strahlivito bigat ne umi(j)aše.
    • 1630s, Ivan Gundulić, Osman:
      Vuk ždrljivi sveđ zavijeva,
      lupež pitom, drug divjačan;
      obzire se zdesna i slijeva,
      tuđa imanja vazda lačan.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1684, Pavao Vitezović, Odiljenje sigetsko:
      gdo sad lačne siti, gdo žedne napaja,
      gdo što golim hiti, gdo uzne pohaja?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • early 20C, Drago Gervais, Lovka:
      Lakom kako ježuviti,
      vavek lačni, nikad siti.

Declension

Further reading

  • lačan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Šimunović, Petar (2009) Rječnik bračkih čakavskih govora (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Golden marketing - Tehnička knjiga, →ISBN, page 427

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian lačan.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lačan

  1. hungry
    • 2010, Natalina Spadanuda, Le renard et le loup:
      È! Oni, vuk, biša lačan, nije čeka dvi vote ka ona je rekla. Je reka: „Homa po subita!“
      Ha! He, the wolf, was hungry, he didn’t think (literally, “wait”) twice when she said it. He said: “Let’s go right away!”

References

  • Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).