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^Machek, Václav (1968),Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague:Academia
^Rejzek, Jiří (2007), “len”, inČeský etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Danish

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Low Germanlēn, fromOld Saxonlēhan, fromProto-West Germanic*laihn, fromProto-Germanic*laihną(“loan”), cognate withGermanLehn (Swedishlän is a loan from Low German).Doublet oflån.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈleˀn]

Noun

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len n (singular definitelenet,plural indefinitelen)

(historical)fief(a land given by a sovereign to a vassal in exchange for military services, especially in the Middle Ages)
(historical)entailed estate(a property given by the king to a person with specific rules of inheritance, in Denmark 1691-1919)
(historical)county(a regional and administrative unit, in Denmark until 1662; also used with reference to thelän of modern Sweden and Finland)
Synonyms:amt,region,syssel

Declension

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Declension oflen
neuter gender	singular		plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	len	lenet	len	lenene
genitive	lens	lenets	lens	lenenes

Derived terms

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References

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“len” inDen Danske Ordbog

Friulian

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Galician

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Verb

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len

third-person plural present indicative ofler

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from aSlavic language, fromProto-Slavic*lьnъ.^[1]

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈlɛn]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation:len
Rhymes:-ɛn

Noun

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len (plurallenek)

flax

Declension

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Inflection (stem in-e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	len	lenek
accusative	lent	leneket
dative	lennek	leneknek
instrumental	lennel	lenekkel
causal-final	lenért	lenekért
translative	lenné	lenekké
terminative	lenig	lenekig
essive-formal	lenként	lenekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	lenben	lenekben
superessive	lenen	leneken
adessive	lennél	leneknél
illative	lenbe	lenekbe
sublative	lenre	lenekre
allative	lenhez	lenekhez
elative	lenből	lenekből
delative	lenről	lenekről
ablative	lentől	lenektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	lené	leneké
non-attributive possessive – plural	lenéi	lenekéi

Possessive forms oflen
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	lenem	lenjeim
2nd person sing.	lened	lenjeid
3rd person sing.	lenje	lenjei
1st person plural	lenünk	lenjeink
2nd person plural	lenetek	lenjeitek
3rd person plural	lenjük	lenjeik

Derived terms

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Compound words

lenvászon

References

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^len in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.).Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006,→ISBN. (See alsoits 2nd edition.)

Irish

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Preposition

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len

(dialectal)alternative form ofle

Usage notes

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This form is found only beforebhur(“yourpl”) and is not part of the standard written language. In older texts,len bhur may also be spelledle nbhur.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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len

imperative oflene

Old Czech

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Alternative forms

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ľen(alternative writing)

Etymology

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Inherited fromProto-Slavic*lьnъ, fromProto-Indo-European*lino-.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): (13^th CE)/ˈlɛn/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE)/ˈlɛn/

Noun

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len m inan

flax

Declension

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Declension oflen (hard o-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	len	lny	lni,lnové
genitive	lna,lnu	lnú	lnóv
dative	lnu	lnoma	lnóm
accusative	len	lny	lny
vocative	lne	lny	lni,lnové
locative	lně,lnu	lnú	lniech
instrumental	lnem	lnoma	lny

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

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Czech:len

Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:

len

Wikipedia^pl

Alternative forms

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lan(Near Masovian)

Etymology

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Inherited fromProto-Slavic*lьnъ.Doublet oflina.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈlɛn/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes:-ɛn
Syllabification:len

Noun

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len m inan (related adjectivelniany)

flax(any plant of the genusLinum)
linen(thread or cloth made from flax fibre)
Synonym:płótno

Declension

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Declension oflen

	singular	plural
nominative	len	lny
genitive	lnu	lnów
dative	lnowi	lnom
accusative	len	lny
instrumental	lnem	lnami
locative	lnie	lnach
vocative	lnie	lny

Romani

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Noun

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len m

river

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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lain(Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
lenn(Sursilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

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FromLatinlignum. CompareLadinlën,Friulianlen.

Noun

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len m

(Sutsilvan)wood

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited fromProto-Slavic*lěnъ.

Adjective

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lȇn (Cyrillic spellingле̑н,definitelȇnī,comparativelȅnjī)

alternative form oflijen(“lazy”)

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ʎen]

Adverb

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len

only,just

Slovene

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Etymology

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FromProto-Slavic*lěnъ.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /léːn/,/lɛ́n/

Adjective

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lẹ̑norlȅn (comparativebȍlj lẹ̑norbȍlj lȅn,superlativenȁjbolj lẹ̑nornȁjbolj lȅn)

lazy

Declension

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Thediacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	lén	léna	léno
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lén^ind léni^def	léna	léno
genitive	lénega	léne	lénega
dative	lénemu	léni	lénemu
accusative	nominative^inan or genitive^anim	léno	léno
locative	lénem	léni	lénem
instrumental	lénim	léno	lénim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	léna	léni	léni
genitive	lénih	lénih	lénih
dative	lénima	lénima	lénima
accusative	léna	léni	léni
locative	lénih	lénih	lénih
instrumental	lénima	lénima	lénima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	léni	léne	léna
genitive	lénih	lénih	lénih
dative	lénim	lénim	lénim
accusative	léne	léne	léna
locative	lénih	lénih	lénih
instrumental	lénimi	lénimi	lénimi

This adjective needs aninflection-table template.

Derived terms

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prelén

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈlen/[ˈlẽn]
Rhymes:-en
Syllabification:len

Noun

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len m (plurallenes)

TheChilean incense cedar,Austrocedrus chilensis

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Norselinr, fromProto-Germanic*linwaz.

Adjective

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len (comparativelenare,superlativelenast)

smooth andsoft
lena kinder
smooth cheeks
(by extension)smooth (of taste and the like)

Usage notes

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Focuses on the (pleasant) sensation when dragging one's fingers (or another body part) across something smooth and soft. Smooth and soft to the touch.

Declension

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Inflection oflen
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	len	lenare	lenast
neuter singular	lent	lenare	lenast
plural	lena	lenare	lenast
masculine plural²	lene	lenare	lenast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	lene	lenare	lenaste
all	lena	lenare	lenaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.