леден

Macedonian

Adjective

леден (leden) (comparative поледен, superlative најледен)

  1. icy, glacial, frigid

Inflection


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *leděnъ. Cognate with Russian ледяной (ledjanoj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lêden/
  • Hyphenation: лед‧ен

Adjective

ле̏ден (definite ле̏денӣ, comparative ледѐнијӣ, Latin spelling lȅden)

  1. icy, glacial (made of ice)
  2. full of ice
  3. cold, frigid, chilled
  4. crystalline, clear and transparent
  5. relating to the ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
  6. (figuratively) unwelcoming, coldhearted, unfeeling
  7. (figuratively) (of fear, doubt, or surprise) immobilizing

Declension

Usage notes

Historically, ле̏дан primarily meant “of or relating to ice”, while ле̏ден primarily meant “made of ice”, but each was often used for the other; today, ле̏ден is by far the more common of the two.

Synonyms

References

  • Pero Budmani, editor (1898-1903), leden”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 950
  • леден” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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