ланита

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ɫɐˈnitɐ]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

лани́та (lanítaf

  1. (regional, obsolescent) cheek
    Synonym: буза (buza)

Declension[edit]

Old Church Slavonic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *olnita.

Noun[edit]

ланита (lanitaf

  1. cheek

Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

лани́та (lanítaf inan (genitive лани́ты, nominative plural лани́ты, genitive plural лани́т)

  1. (dated) cheek
    Synonym: щека́ (ščeká)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

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