len

From Proto-Slavic *lьnъ[1] from Proto-Indo-European *lino-.[2]

• IPA^(key): /lɛn/

len m

1. flax (plant or fiber)

• lněný m

From late Old Norse lén, from Middle Low German len.

len n (singular definite lenet, plural indefinite len)

1. fief, entailed estate

From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Romansch len, lenn, lain.

len m (plural lens)

1. wood

• legnôs

len

1. third-person plural present indicative of ler

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Slovene lan (“flax”), Russian лён (ljon, “flax”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛn]

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• Hyphenation: len

len (plural lenek)

1. flax

• lenvászon

len

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of le

This form is found only before bhur (“your pl”) and is not part of the standard written language. In older texts, len bhur may also be spelled le nbhur.

len

1. imperative of lene

len

1. his or her

len

1. his or hers

• le
• lesen
• sen

From Proto-Slavic *lьnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lino-

• IPA^(key): /lɛn/

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len m inan

1. flax

• lniany

• len in Polish dictionaries at PWN

len m

1. river

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) lain
• (Sursilvan, Surmiran) lenn

From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

len m

1. (Sutsilvan) wood

From Proto-Slavic *lěnъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈléːn/, /ˈlɛ́n/
• Tonal orthography: lẹ̑n, lȅn

lén (comparative bòlj lén, superlative nàjbolj lén)

1. lazy

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• prelén

len (comparative lenare, superlative lenast)

1. soft, smooth

• slät

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɛŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [lɛŋ˧˧]

From French laine

len

1. wool

len

1. to negotiate one's way through a mass, to creep through

len

1. at, by, on

len

1. Soft mutation of llen.