ланац
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Middle High German lanne (“chain”) + -ац, the Middle High German from Old High German lanna (“metal sheet, platelet; chain”), from Vulgar Latin lanna from Latin lāmina (“sheet especially of metal”). Cognate with Slovene lanec (“chain”), Macedonian and Bulgarian ланец (lanec, “golden or silver chain”), South and Western Russian ланцу́г (lancúg, “chain”), Polish łańcuch (“chain”), Czech and Slovak lano (“cable, rope”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lǎːnats/
- Hyphenation: ла‧нац
Noun
ла́нац m (Latin spelling lánac)
- chain
Declension
Declension of ланац
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ланац | ланци |
| genitive | ланца | ланаца |
| dative | ланцу | ланцима |
| accusative | ланац | ланце |
| vocative | ланче | ланци |
| locative | ланцу | ланцима |
| instrumental | ланцем | ланцима |
Derived terms
- ла̀нчанӣ
References
- Gluhak, Alemko (1993) Hrvatski etimološki rječnik (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, page 368