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leń

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛɲ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɲ
  • Syllabification: leń
  • Homophone: Leń

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnь.

Noun

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leń m pers

  1. (derogatory) lazy person, lazybones, layabout
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adjective
nouns
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Noun

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leń m animal

  1. a bibionid (a fly of the genus Bibio)
  2. a species of fish, Sarcocheilichthys lacustris
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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leń

  1. second-person singular imperative of lenić

Further reading

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  • leń in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • leń in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “leń(iwy)”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN