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      Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěnъ
Proto-Slavic
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lēnas, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁-en-os, from *leh₁- (“lazy, slow”). Cognate with Latvian lēns (“lazy”), Lithuanian lė́nas (“lazy”), Latin lenis.
Inflection
    
Indefinite declension of *lěnъ (hard, accent paradigm c)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | 
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lěnъ | *lěna | *lěno | 
| genitive | *lěna | *lěny | *lěna | 
| dative | *lěnu | *lěně | *lěnu | 
| accusative | *lěnъ | *lěnǫ | *lěno | 
| instrumental | *lěnomь | *lěnojǫ | *lěnomь | 
| locative | *lěně | *lěně | *lěně | 
| vocative | *lěne | *lěno | *lěno | 
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter | 
| nominative | *lěna | *lěně | *lěně | 
| genitive | *lěnu | *lěnu | *lěnu | 
| dative | *lěnoma | *lěnama | *lěnoma | 
| accusative | *lěna | *lěně | *lěně | 
| instrumental | *lěnoma | *lěnama | *lěnoma | 
| locative | *lěnu | *lěnu | *lěnu | 
| vocative | *lěna | *lěně | *lěně | 
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | 
| nominative | *lěni | *lěny | *lěna | 
| genitive | *lěnъ | *lěnъ | *lěnъ | 
| dative | *lěnomъ | *lěnamъ | *lěnomъ | 
| accusative | *lěny | *lěny | *lěna | 
| instrumental | *lěny | *lěnami | *lěny | 
| locative | *lěněxъ | *lěnaxъ | *lěněxъ | 
| vocative | *lěni | *lěny | *lěna | 
Definite declension of *lěnъ (hard, accent paradigm c)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | 
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lěnъjь | *lěnaja | *lěnoje | 
| genitive | *lěnajego | *lěnyję̇ | *lěnajego | 
| dative | *lěnujemu | *lěněji | *lěnujemu | 
| accusative | *lěnъjь | *lěnǫjǫ | *lěnoje | 
| instrumental | *lěnyjimь | *lěnǫjǫ | *lěnyjimь | 
| locative | *lěnějemь | *lěněji | *lěnějemь | 
| vocative | *lěnъjь | *lěnaja | *lěnoje | 
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter | 
| nominative | *lěnaja | *lěněji | *lěněji | 
| genitive | *lěnuju | *lěnuju | *lěnuju | 
| dative | *lěnyjima | *lěnyjima | *lěnyjima | 
| accusative | *lěnaja | *lěněji | *lěněji | 
| instrumental | *lěnyjima | *lěnyjima | *lěnyjima | 
| locative | *lěnuju | *lěnuju | *lěnuju | 
| vocative | *lěnaja | *lěněji | *lěněji | 
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | 
| nominative | *lěniji | *lěnyję̇ | *lěnaja | 
| genitive | *lěnъjixъ | *lěnъjixъ | *lěnъjixъ | 
| dative | *lěnyjimъ | *lěnyjimъ | *lěnyjimъ | 
| accusative | *lěnyję̇ | *lěnyję̇ | *lěnaja | 
| instrumental | *lěnyjimi | *lěnyjimi | *lěnyjimi | 
| locative | *lěnyjixъ | *lěnyjixъ | *lěnyjixъ | 
| vocative | *lěniji | *lěnyję̇ | *lěnaja | 
Descendants
    
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лѣнꙑи (lěnyi)
- Belarusian: ляны́ (ljaný)
 - Russian: ляной (ljanoj) (dialectal), леной (lenoj) (dialectal)
 
 
 - Old East Slavic: лѣнꙑи (lěnyi)
 - South Slavic:
 - West Slavic:
 
References
    
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̑nъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 273: “adj. o (c) ‘lazy, slow’”
 - Olander, Thomas (2001) “lěnъ lěna lěno”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c doven (SA 109, 111, 114, 122, 199; PR 138)”
 
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