slon

See also: Slon, słon, słón, słoń, Słoń, słóń, s'lon, šłȫn, and śłön

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈslon]

Noun

slon m anim (feminine slonice)

  1. elephant

Declension
Declension of slon (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative slon sloni
genitive slona slonů
dative slonovi, slonu slonům
accusative slona slony
vocative slone sloni
locative slonovi, slonu slonech
instrumental slonem slony

Derived terms

Further reading
  • slon in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • slon in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • slon in Internetová jazyková příručka

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English slān; equivalent to slo +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

slon

  1. plural of slo

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /slôn/

Noun

slȍn m (Cyrillic spelling сло̏н)

  1. elephant

Declension
Declension of slon
singular plural
nominative slȍn slònovi
genitive slona slonova
dative slonu slonovima
accusative slona slonove
vocative slone slonovi
locative slonu slonovima
instrumental slonom slonovima

Further reading
  • “slon” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɫɔn/

Noun

slon m anim (feminine slonica)

  1. elephant

Declension
Declension of slon
singular plural
nominative slon slony
genitive slona slonov
dative slonovi slonom
accusative slona slony
locative slonovi slonoch
instrumental slonom slonmi

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “slon”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slonъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /slɔ́n/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

slȍn m anim (female equivalent sloníca or slónica)

  1. elephant

Inflection
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. slòn
gen. sing. slôna
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 slòn slôna slôni
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 slôna slônov slônov
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 slônu slônoma slônom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 slôna slôna slône
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 slônu slônih slônih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 slônom slônoma slôni

Further reading
  • “slon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *soːlᴬ (“to teach”). Cognate with Thai สอน (sɔ̌ɔn), Northern Thai ᩈᩬᩁ, Lao ສອນ (sǭn), Lü ᦉᦸᧃ (ṡoan), Tai Dam ꪎꪮꪙ, Shan သွၼ် (sǎun), Tai Nüa ᥔᥩᥢᥴ (sóan), Ahom 𑜏𑜨𑜃𑜫 (son), Zhuang son.

Pronunciation

Verb

slon

  1. to learn; to study
    slon bài ― to study
  2. to teach
  3. to mimic

References
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Teribe

Noun

slon

  1. opossum

References
  • Gamarra A., Enrique, Villagra S., Inocencio (1980) Llëbo ñaglo lok kibokwogo ëre e lanyo = Vocabulario ilustrado teribe-español‎ (overall work in Teribe and Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Cultura & Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 9
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