klen
See also: kleń and kleň
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klên/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *klenъ.
Noun
klȅn m (Cyrillic spelling кле̏н)
- field maple (Acer campestre)
Declension
- Štokavian:
Declension of klen
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | klȅn | klènovi |
| genitive | klèna | klénōvā |
| dative | klènu | klènovima |
| accusative | klȅn | klènove |
| vocative | klȅne | klènovi |
| locative | klènu | klènovima |
| instrumental | klènom | klènovima |
- Čakavian:
- klȅn, klenȁ
Alternative forms
- klènovina
- kljȅn, klȅnj, klȉjen (dialectal, non-standard)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *klenь.
Noun
klȅn m (Cyrillic spelling кле̏н)
- European chub (Leuciscus cephalus)
Declension
Declension of klen
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | klȅn | klènovi |
| genitive | klèna | klénōvā |
| dative | klènu | klènovima |
| accusative | klȅn | klènove |
| vocative | klȅne | klènovi |
| locative | klènu | klènovima |
| instrumental | klènom | klènovima |
Alternative forms
- klijȇn (dialectal, non-standard)
Slovene
Pronunciation
- Noun 1: IPA(key): /klɛ̀n/
- Noun 2: IPA(key): /klèn/
- Adjective: IPA(key): /kléːn/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *klenъ.
Noun
klèn m inan
- (archaic) field maple (Acer campestre) (now: maklèn)
Inflection
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | klèn | ||
| gen. sing. | kléna | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | klèn | kléna | kléni |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | kléna | klénov | klénov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | klénu | klénoma | klénom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | klèn | kléna | kléne |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | klénu | klénih | klénih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | klénom | klénoma | kléni |
Alternative forms
- klán
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *klenь.
Noun
klẹ̀n m inan
- European chub (Leuciscus cephalus)
Inflection
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | klẹ̀n | ||
| gen. sing. | klẹ́na | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | klẹ̀n | klẹ́na | klẹ́ni |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | klẹ́na | klẹ́nov | klẹ́nov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | klẹ́nu | klẹ́noma | klẹ́nom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | klẹ̀n | klẹ́na | klẹ́ne |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | klẹ́nu | klẹ́nih | klẹ́nih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | klẹ́nom | klẹ́noma | klẹ́ni |
Alternative forms
- klìn
Etymology 3
Clipping of jeklẹ̑n (“of steel”)
Adjective
klẹ̑n (comparative bȍlj klẹ̑n, superlative nȁjbolj klẹ̑n)
- solid, firm, robust, pithy
Inflection
| Hard | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nom. sing. | klẹ̑n | klẹ̑na | klẹ̑no |
| singular | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | klẹ̑n ind klẹ̑ni def | klẹ̑na | klẹ̑no |
| genitive | klẹ̑nega | klẹ̑ne | klẹ̑nega |
| dative | klẹ̑nemu | klẹ̑ni | klẹ̑nemu |
| accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim | klẹ̑no | klẹ̑no |
| locative | klẹ̑nem | klẹ̑ni | klẹ̑nem |
| instrumental | klẹ̑nim | klẹ̑no | klẹ̑nim |
| dual | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | klẹ̑na | klẹ̑ni | klẹ̑ni |
| genitive | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih |
| dative | klẹ̑nima | klẹ̑nima | klẹ̑nima |
| accusative | klẹ̑na | klẹ̑ni | klẹ̑ni |
| locative | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih |
| instrumental | klẹ̑nima | klẹ̑nima | klẹ̑nima |
| plural | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | klẹ̑ni | klẹ̑ne | klẹ̑na |
| genitive | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih |
| dative | klẹ̑nim | klẹ̑nim | klẹ̑nim |
| accusative | klẹ̑ne | klẹ̑ne | klẹ̑na |
| locative | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih | klẹ̑nih |
| instrumental | klẹ̑nimi | klẹ̑nimi | klẹ̑nimi |
Further reading
- “klen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish klen, from Old Norse klénn, from Middle Low German klên, klêne, from Old Saxon klēni, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“clear, pure”). Doublet of klenod and klenät.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
klen (comparative klenare, superlative klenast)
- weak, feeble
- thin, fine
Declension
| Inflection of klen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | klen | klenare | klenast |
| Neuter singular | klent | klenare | klenast |
| Plural | klena | klenare | klenast |
| Masculine plural3 | klene | klenare | klenast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | klene | klenare | klenaste |
| All | klena | klenare | klenaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Derived terms
- förklena
- hjärtklen
- klenhet
- klenmod
- klenmodig
- klensmed
- klensmide
- klenspänning
- klentro
- klentrogen
- klenvirke
- klenvuxen
- nervklen
References
- klen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- klen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- klen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)