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Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnь.
Noun
leń m pers
- (derogatory) lazy person, lazybones, layabout
Declension
Derived terms
Noun
leń m animal
- a bibionid (a fly of the genus Bibio)
- a species of fish, Sarcocheilichthys lacustris
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
leń
- second-person singular imperative of lenić
Further reading
- leń in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- leń in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “leń(iwy)”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN