zakon

See also: zákon and закон

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, compare Old Church Slavonic законъ (zakonŭ, “law”), Bulgarian закон (zakon, “law, statute”), and Serbo-Croatian zákon (“law, rule”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *zakonъ (“law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaˈkɔn/

Noun

zakón m (plural zakone, definite zakoni, definite plural zakonet)

1. practice
2. custom
3. (historical) kanun

   Synonym: kanun

4. (dated) period

Declension

Declension of zakon

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	zakon	zakoni	zakone	zakonet
accusative		zakonin
dative	zakoni	zakonit	zakoneve	zakoneve
ablative			zakonesh

Synonyms

• shprehi
• doke

Derived terms

• zakonisht
• zakonor
• zakonshëm
• zakontë

Gagauz

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian зако́н (zakón).

Noun

zakon (definite accusative zakonu, plural [please provide])

1. law

Karelian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian зако́н (zakón).

Noun

zakon

1. law

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish zakon, from Proto-Slavic *zakonъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈza.kɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -akɔn
• Syllabification: za‧kon

Noun

zakon m inan

1. order (religious group)
2. (archaic) religion, faith
3. (archaic) Holy Scripture
4. (archaic) piety
5. (archaic) legal or moral duty

Declension

Declension of zakon

	singular	plural
nominative	zakon	zakony
genitive	zakonu	zakonów
dative	zakonowi	zakonom
accusative	zakon	zakony
instrumental	zakonem	zakonami
locative	zakonie	zakonach
vocative	zakonie	zakony

Derived terms

• zakonnica
• zakonnik
• zakonny

Further reading

• zakon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• zakon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zakonъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zǎːkon/
• Hyphenation: za‧kon

Noun

zákon m inan (Cyrillic spelling за́кон)

1. law, rule
2. (archaic, expressive) religion, confession, creed
3. (colloquial) police, law enforcement
4. (Croatia, colloquial) excellent, awesome, amazing

Declension

Declension of zakon

	singular	plural
nominative	zakon	zakoni
genitive	zakona	zakona
dative	zakonu	zakonima
accusative	zakon	zakone
vocative	zakone	zakoni
locative	zakonu	zakonima
instrumental	zakonom	zakonima

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zakonъ. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zàːkɔn/

Noun

zákon m inan

1. law
2. marriage

Declension

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

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	zákon
gen. sing.	zakóna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	zákon	zakóna	zakóni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	zakóna	zakónov	zakónov
dative (dajȃlnik)	zakónu	zakónoma	zakónom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	zákon	zakóna	zakóne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	zakónu	zakónih	zakónih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	zakónom	zakónoma	zakóni

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

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	zákon
gen. sing.	zákona
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	zákon	zákona	zákoni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	zákona	zákonov	zákonov
dative (dajȃlnik)	zákonu	zákonoma	zákonom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	zákon	zákona	zákone
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	zákonu	zákonih	zákonih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	zákonom	zákonoma	zákoni

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian зако́н (zakón).

Noun

zakon (plural zakonlar)

1. law, rule, customary practice

   Synonyms: qonun, qonuniyat, qoida, tartib, nizom, farz

Declension

Declension of zakon

	singular	plural
nominative	zakon	zakonlar
genitive	zakonning	zakonlarning
dative	zakonga	zakonlarga
definite accusative	zakonni	zakonlarni
locative	zakonda	zakonlarda
ablative	zakondan	zakonlardan
similative	zakondek	zakonlardek

Possessive forms of zakon

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	zakonim	zakonlarim
genitive	zakonimning	zakonlarimning
dative	zakonimga	zakonlarimga
definite accusative	zakonimni	zakonlarimni
locative	zakonimda	zakonlarimda
ablative	zakonimdan	zakonlarimdan
similative	zakonimdek	zakonlarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	zakoning	zakonlaring
genitive	zakoningning	zakonlaringning
dative	zakoningga	zakonlaringga
definite accusative	zakoningni	zakonlaringni
locative	zakoningda	zakonlaringda
ablative	zakoningdan	zakonlaringdan
similative	zakoningdek	zakonlaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	zakoni	zakonlari
genitive	zakonining	zakonlarining
dative	zakoniga	zakonlariga
definite accusative	zakonini	zakonlarini
locative	zakonida	zakonlarida
ablative	zakonidan	zakonlaridan
similative	zakonidek	zakonlaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	zakonimiz	zakonlarimiz
genitive	zakonimizning	zakonlarimizning
dative	zakonimizga	zakonlarimizga
definite accusative	zakonimizni	zakonlarimizni
locative	zakonimizda	zakonlarimizda
ablative	zakonimizdan	zakonlarimizdan
similative	zakonimizdek	zakonlarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	zakoningiz	zakonlaringiz
genitive	zakoningizning	zakonlaringizning
dative	zakoningizga	zakonlaringizga
definite accusative	zakoningizni	zakonlaringizni
locative	zakoningizda	zakonlaringizda
ablative	zakoningizdan	zakonlaringizdan
similative	zakoningizdek	zakonlaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	zakoni	zakonlari
genitive	zakonining	zakonlarining
dative	zakoniga	zakonlariga
definite accusative	zakonini	zakonlarini
locative	zakonida	zakonlarida
ablative	zakonidan	zakonlaridan
similative	zakonidek	zakonlaridek

Related terms

• zakonchi
• zakonchilik