lačan

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See also: lacan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *olčьnъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lȁčan (Cyrillic spelling ла̏чан, definite lȁčnī, comparative lačniji)

  1. (Chakavian, Kajkavian) hungry
    • 1380, N. N., “ⱄⱅ꙯ꙿ ⱄⰵ ⰽⱁⰽꙿⱍⰰ” in the Paris Miscellany of 1380 (Code slave 11), folio 189b et seq.:
      ⱄⱅ꙯ⰻ ⱁⱍ꙯ⰵ ⰽⰲⰻⰶⰻⱅⱆⱃⱆ · ⱁⰲꙿ ⱅⰻ ⰱⰾⱓⰴⰻ ·
      ⰾⱜⱍꙿⱀⱜ ⰶⰵⱑⱀⱜ ⱀⰰⰳꙿ ⰱⱁⱄⱜ ⱈⱁⰴⰻ ⰰ ⱀⱄ꙯ⱜ ⱄⱆⰴⰻ ·
      ⱂⱃⱁⱄⰻⰿⱁ ⱅⰵ ⰴⰰ ⱄⰵ ⱁⰲꙿ ⱈⰻⱀⰰⱌⱜ ⰾⱑ ⱁⱄⰿⱆⰴⰻ ·
      s(ve)ti o(t’)če kvižituru · ov’ ti bljudi ·
      l’č’n’ žeěn’ nag’ bos’ hodi a n(a)s’ sudi ·
      prosimo te da se ov’ hinac’ lě osmudi ·
      Holy Father Inquisitor, this one is straying:
      hungry, thirsty, naked, barefoot he walks, yet he judges us!
      We beg you only that this deceiver be burned.
    • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:
      Tad lacan chorito / praſac oſtauglaſce /
      Zuire ſtrahliuito / bigat neumiaſce /
      Tad lačan korito prasac ostavljaše,
      zvire strahlivito bigat ne umi(j)aše.
    • 1630s, Ivan Gundulić, Osman:
      Vuk ždrljivi sveđ zavijeva,
      lupež pitom, drug divjačan;
      obzire se zdesna i slijeva,
      tuđa imanja vazda lačan.
    • 1684, Pavao Vitezović, Odiljenje sigetsko:
      gdo sad lačne siti, gdo žedne napaja,
      gdo što golim hiti, gdo uzne pohaja?
    • early 20C, Drago Gervais, Lovka:
      Lakom kako ježuviti,
      vavek lačni, nikad siti.

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