słon
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Upper Sorbian słon, from Proto-Slavic *slonъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswɔn/
- Rhymes: -ɔn
- Syllabification: słon
Noun
słon m anim
- (literary) elephant
Declension
Declension of słon
Synonyms
Derived terms
- słonowy
References
- Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “słon”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “słon”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswɔn/
- Rhymes: -ɔn
- Hyphenation: słon
- Syllabification: słon
Noun
słon m animal
Declension
Descendants
- →? Lower Sorbian: słon
Further reading
- “słon” in Soblex