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słon

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Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Upper Sorbian słon, from Proto-Slavic *slonъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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słon m anim

  1. (literary) elephant

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈswɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔn
  • Hyphenation: słon
  • Syllabification: słon

Noun

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słon m animal

  1. elephant

Declension

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Descendants

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  • ? Lower Sorbian: słon

Further reading

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