ланец

Macedonian

Etymology

From Middle High German lanne (“chain”) +‎ -ец (-ec), the Middle High German from Old High German lanna (“metal sheet, platelet; chain”), from Vulgar Latin lanna from Latin lāmina (“sheet especially of metal”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian ла́нац (“chain”), Slovene lanec (“chain”), Bulgarian ланец (lanec, “golden or silver chain”), South and Western Russian ланцу́г (lancúg, “chain”), Belarusian ланцу́г (lancúh, “chain”), Ukrainian ланцю́г (lancjúh, “chain”), Polish łańcuch (“chain”), Czech and Slovak lano (“cable, rope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫanɛt͡s]

Noun

ланец • (lanec) m (plural ланци, diminutive ланче, augmentative ланчиште)

1. chain
2. (by extension) leash

Declension

Declension of ланец

	singular	plural
indefinite	ланец (lanec)	ланци (lanci)
definite unspecified	ланецот (lanecot)	ланците (lancite)
definite proximal	ланецов (lanecov)	ланциве (lancive)
definite distal	ланецон (lanecon)	ланцине (lancine)
vocative	ланецу (lanecu)	ланци (lanci)
count form	—	ланеца (laneca)