# лен
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lɛn]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ.

#### Noun

лен • (len) m (relational adjective ленен, diminutive ле́нец)
* linen (plant of family Linaceae, most commonly of genus Linum)
* flax (fiber made of linen)

##### Derived terms

* ле́нище (lénište, “flax plantation”)
* ле́неница (lénenica, “flax fabric or cloth made of flax”)

#### References

* “лен¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “лен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “ленъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 9
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лен¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 358

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnь (i-stem), substantivized from an earlier adjective лѣнъ (lěnŭ, “lazy”) (attested in Old Church Slavonic).

#### Noun

лен • (len) f (relational adjective лени́в) (dated)
* indolence, sloth, sluggishness
    някому му е лен ― njakomu mu e len ― to feel sluggish

##### Derived terms

* леня́ се (lenjá se, “to slack, to idle”) (causative-iterative)
* ля́нтьо m (ljántjo), ля́нта f (ljánta, “sluggard”) (colloquial)
* ле́ност (lénost, “lethargy”)
* лентя́й (lentjáj, “slack”)
* лени́вец (lenívec, “sloth”) (a person or the animal)

#### References

* “лен²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “лен (остар.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “лѣнь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 31
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лен²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 359
* “лѣнъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lɛn]

### Noun

лен • (len) m (relational adjective ленен)
* flax
* linen

#### Derived terms

* лениште (lenište, “flax plantation”)

### References

* “лен” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Russian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Lehen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lʲen]

### Noun

лен • (len) m inan (genitive ле́на, nominative plural ле́ны, genitive plural ле́нов)
* fief, fee

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* лије̑н (Ijekavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lêːn/

### Adjective

ле̑н (Latin spelling lȇn, definite ле̑нӣ, comparative ле̏њӣ)
* lazy

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From German Lehen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɫɛn]
* Hyphenation: лен

### Noun

лен • (len) m inan (genitive ле́ну, nominative plural ле́ни, genitive plural ле́нів)
* fief, tenure

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лен”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “лен”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)