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

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

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

   Synonym: kanun

4. (dated) period

Synonyms

• shprehi
• doke

Derived terms

• zakonisht
• zakonor
• zakonshëm
• zakontë

 

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Gagauz

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian зако́н (zakón).

Noun

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

1. law

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Karelian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian зако́н (zakón).

Noun

zakon

1. law

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zakonъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈza.kɔn/

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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

• zakonny, zakonnik, zakonnica

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zakonъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

zákon m (Cyrillic spelling за́кон)

1. law, rule
2. (archaic, expressively) religion, confession
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

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zakonъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zàːkɔn/

Noun

zákon m inan

1. law
2. marriage

Inflection

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