laň

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Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech laní, from Proto-Slavic *olni.

Pronunciation

Noun

laň f (male equivalent jelen, related adjective laní, diminutive laňka)

  1. doe, hind (female deer)

Declension

See also

Further reading

  • laň”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • laň”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • laň”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olni. First attested in the 15th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

laň f (related adjective laní, diminutive lanka)

  1. doe, hind (female deer)
    Synonym: jelenica

Declension

References

  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “laň”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 317

Further reading

  • laň”, 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, 2003–2024