lь̑nъ

lь̑nъ Grammatical information: m. o Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `flax'

Page in Trubačev: XVII 87-90

Church Slavic:

lьnъ `flax' [m o]

Russian:

lën `flax' [m o], l'na [Gens]

Czech:

len `flax' [m o], lnu [Gens]

Slovak:

l'an `flax' [m o]

Polish:

len `flax' [m o], lnu [Gens]

Upper Sorbian:

len `flax' [m o], lena `flax' [m o], lenu [Gens]

Serbo-Croatian:

lȁn `flax' [m o];

Čak. lȃn (Orbanići) `flax' [m o], lȃna [Gens]

Slovene:

lȃn `flax' [m o/u], lȃna [Gens], lanȗ [Gens]

Bulgarian:

len `flax, linen' [m o]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: línum

Lithuanian:

linaĩ `flax' [Nompm o] 4

Latvian:

lini `flax' [Nompm o]

Old Prussian:

linno `flax'

Comments: The widespread vaccillation between long and short i makes it impossible to establish a common IE proto-form. We are probably dealing with a non-IE culture word. For Balto-Slavic we must reconstruct a barytone neuter o-stem. Accentual mobility is secondary.

Other cognates:

Gk. λίνον `flax' [n];

Lat. līnum `flax, linen' [n];

Go. lein `canvas' [n]