slon
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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
slon m anim (female equivalent slonice)
- elephant
- (xiangqi) elephant: a xiangqi piece that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river.
Declension
Derived terms
See also
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| generál | strážce | slon | kůň | vůz | kanón | voják |
Further reading
- “slon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “slon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “slon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English slān; equivalent to slo + -en (plural suffix).
Noun
slon
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
slȍn m (Cyrillic spelling сло̏н)
Declension
Declension of slon
Further reading
- “slon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
slon m animal (female equivalent slonica, relational adjective sloní or slonový, diminutive sloník)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “slon”, 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, 2003–2025
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *slonъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
slȍn m anim (female equivalent sloníca or slónica)
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
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| nom. sing. | slòn | ||
| gen. sing. | slôna | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
slòn | slôna | slôni |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
slôna | slônov | slônov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
slônu | slônoma | slônom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
slôna | slôna | slône |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
slônu | slônih | slônih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
slônom | slônoma | slôni |
Further reading
- “slon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Tày
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *soːlᴬ (“to teach”). Cognate with Thai สอน (sɔ̌ɔn), Northern Thai ᩈᩬᩁ, Lao ສອນ (sǭn), Lü ᦉᦸᧃ (ṡoan), Tai Dam ꪎꪮꪙ, Shan သွၼ် (sǎun), Tai Nüa ᥔᥩᥢᥴ (sóan), Ahom 𑜏𑜨𑜃𑜫 (son), Zhuang son.
Pronunciation
- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key):
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key):
Verb
slon
References
- Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
- Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
Teribe
Noun
slon