лен

• IPA^(key): [lɛn]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ.

лен • (len) m (relational adjective ленен, diminutive ле́нец)

1. linen (plant of family Linaceae, most commonly of genus Linum)
2. flax (fiber made of linen)

• ле́нище (lénište, “flax plantation”)
• ле́неница (lénenica, “flax fabric or cloth made of flax”)

• “лен¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ленъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 9
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лен¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 358

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnь (i-stem), substantivized from an earlier adjective лѣнъ (lěnŭ, “lazy”) (attested in Old Church Slavonic).

лен • (len) f (relational adjective лени́в) (dated)

1. indolence, sloth, sluggishness

   някому му е лен ― njakomu mu e len ― to feel sluggish

• леня́ се (lenjá se, “to slack, to idle”) (causative-iterative)
• ля́нтьо m (ljántjo), ля́нта f (ljánta, “sluggard”) (colloquial)
• ле́ност (lénost, “lethargy”)
• лентя́й (lentjáj, “slack”)
• лени́вец (lenívec, “sloth”) (a person or the animal)

• “лен²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лен (остар.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лѣнь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[2] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 31
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лен²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 359
• “лѣнъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ.

• IPA^(key): [lɛn]

лен • (len) m (relational adjective ленен)

1. flax
2. linen

• лениште (lenište, “flax plantation”)

• “лен” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Borrowed from German Lehen.

• IPA^(key): [lʲen]

лен • (len) m inan (genitive ле́на, nominative plural ле́ны, genitive plural ле́нов)

1. fief, fee

• лије̑н (Ijekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnъ.

• IPA^(key): /lêːn/

ле̑н (Latin spelling lȇn, definite ле̑нӣ, comparative ле̏њӣ)

1. lazy

From German Lehen.

• IPA^(key): [ɫɛn]
• Hyphenation: лен

лен • (len) m inan (genitive ле́ну, nominative plural ле́ни, genitive plural ле́нів)

1. fief, tenure

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лен”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “лен”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)