слон

• słon — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

From Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).

• IPA^(key): [sɫon]

• Audio

  (file)

слон • (slon) m animal (genitive слана́, nominative plural сланы́, genitive plural слано́ў)

1. elephant
2. (chess) bishop

• IPA^(key): [sɫɔn]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔn

From Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).

слон • (slon) m (feminine слони́ца)

1. elephant (usually a male one)

• “слон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “слон²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 113

From Proto-Slavic *slonъ (“offset”).

слон • (slon) m

1. (dialectal) shelter, offset (used for protection)

   Synonyms: стряха (strjaha), навес (naves)

2. (dialectal) pen, sheepfold

   Synonyms: кошара (košara), котец (kotec)

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

• заслон (zaslon, “cover, screen”)
• подслон (podslon, “shelter, refuge”)

• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “слон¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 112

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).

• IPA^(key): [sɫɔn]
• Rhymes: -ɔn

слон • (slon) m (plural слонови, feminine слоница, relational adjective слонов, diminutive слонче, augmentative слониште)

1. elephant

• слонъ (slon) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).[1][2]

Vovin (2011) proposes that Slavic slonъ reflects Old Chinese 象 (*ljaŋʔ /⁠*slaŋ⁠/, “elephant”), an etymology previously suggested by Ivanov (1977: 156–57) albeit with an incorrect Old Chinese reconstruction *sðaŋ. As Vovin notes, contact between Slavic and Old Chinese is out of the question, so the solution might arise from an intermediary source. Ivanov (1977:154) believes that the Chuvash forms слон (slon), сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”) are Russian loans, with the latter being called into question by Vovin on phonetic grounds. According to him, Russian /o/ (phonetically a diphthong [uo] with a mid-high syllabic element [o]) is unlikely to be borrowed as Chuvash low vowel /a/. The reverse, namely the borrowing of Bulgar slightly labialised /a/ as Slavic /o/ is more than likely. Chuvash сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”) is exactly the expected outcome of the Old Chinese *slaŋ with the insertion of ⟨ă⟩ breaking the OC initial cluster /sl-/ and typical Bulgar shift of Proto-Turkic *ŋ to /n/. The presence of this word in Chuvash places proto-Bulgar speakers in the vicinity of Northern China no later than first century BCE, because approximately after that date the initial clusters in Old Chinese underwent the process of simplification.[3]

• IPA^(key): [sɫon]

• Audio

  (file)

слон • (slon) m anim (genitive слона́, nominative plural слоны́, genitive plural слоно́в, feminine слони́ха, relational adjective слоно́вый or слоно́вий, diminutive сло́ник, augmentative слони́ще or слоня́ра)

1. elephant
2. (chess) bishop
3. (colloquial, usually about children) one who walks loudly or heavily; stomper

• (chess piece): С (S)

• (chess piece): офице́р (oficér) (informal)

• слонёнок (slonjónok)
• слони́ха (sloníxa)
• слоно́вник (slonóvnik)
• слонопота́м (slonopotám)

• → Ingrian: slona
• → Kildin Sami: слонн (slonn)
• → Komi-Zyrian: слӧн (slön)

• морско́й слон (morskój slon)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it's related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).

• IPA^(key): /slôn/

сло̏н m (Latin spelling slȍn)

1. elephant

• “слон” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it's related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).

• IPA^(key): [sɫɔn]

• Audio

  (file)

слон • (slon) m animal (genitive слона́, nominative plural слони́, genitive plural слоні́в, feminine слони́ха, relational adjective слоно́вий or слоня́чий, diminutive слоне́ня or слоня́)

1. elephant

   Synonyms: слін (slin), елефант (elefant)

2. (chess) bishop

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