ланита

Bulgarian

ланита на лицe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olnita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫɐˈnitɐ]

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Noun

лани́та • (laníta) f (regional, obsolescent)

1. cheek (rare side of one's face)

   Synonym: бу́за (búza)

Usage notes

Often used as plurale tantum лани́ти (laníti) to refer to the rare side of the face.

Declension

Declension of лани́та

	singular	plural
indefinite	лани́та laníta	лани́ти laníti
definite	лани́тата lanítata	лани́тите lanítite

References

• “ланита”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лани́тꙑ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 4
• “ланита”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olnita.

Noun

ланита • (lanita) f

1. cheek

Declension

Declension of ланита (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ланита lanita	ланитѣ lanitě	ланитꙑ lanity
genitive	ланитꙑ lanity	ланитоу lanitu	ланитъ lanitŭ
dative	ланитѣ lanitě	ланитама lanitama	ланитамъ lanitamŭ
accusative	ланитѫ lanitǫ	ланитѣ lanitě	ланитꙑ lanity
instrumental	ланитоѭ lanitojǫ	ланитама lanitama	ланитами lanitami
locative	ланитѣ lanitě	ланитоу lanitu	ланитахъ lanitaxŭ
vocative	ланито lanito	ланитѣ lanitě	ланитꙑ lanity

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ланита (lanita), from Proto-Slavic *olnita. Cognate with Bulgarian ланита (lanita). Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina), Latin ulna (“elbow”), Sanskrit अणि (aṇi, “the point of a needle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫɐˈnʲitə]

• Audio:

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Noun

лани́та • (laníta) f inan (genitive лани́ты, nominative plural лани́ты, genitive plural лани́т)

1. (dated) cheek

   Synonym: щека́ (ščeká)

   • 1823, Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev, Слёзы [Tears]:

     Люблю́ когда́ лицо́ прекра́сной
     Весенній воздухъ пламенитъ,
     То кудре́й шолкъ взвѣваетъ сладостра́стный,
     То въ я́мочки впива́ется ланитъ!

     Ljubljú kogdá licó prekrásnoj
     Vesennij vozdux plamenit,
     To kudréj šolk vzvěvajet sladostrástnyj,
     To v jámočki vpivájetsja lanit!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of лани́та (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	лани́та laníta	лани́ты laníty
genitive	лани́ты laníty	лани́т lanít
dative	лани́те laníte	лани́там lanítam
accusative	лани́ту lanítu	лани́ты laníty
instrumental	лани́той, лани́тою lanítoj, lanítoju	лани́тами lanítami
prepositional	лани́те laníte	лани́тах lanítax

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ланита”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress