lenost

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnostь. By surface analysis, líný +‎ -ost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛnost]

Noun

lenost f

1. laziness, sloth

Declension

Declension of lenost (i-stem feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	lenost	lenosti
genitive	lenosti	leností
dative	lenosti	lenostem
accusative	lenost	lenosti
vocative	lenosti	lenosti
locative	lenosti	lenostech
instrumental	leností	lenostmi

Further reading

• “lenost”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lenost”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “lenost”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• lijénōst (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnostь. By surface analysis, lijȇn +‎ -ost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lěːnoːst/
• Hyphenation: le‧nost

Noun

lénōst f (Cyrillic spelling ле́но̄ст) (Ekavian)

1. laziness

Declension

Declension of lenost

	singular
nominative	lénōst
genitive	lénosti
dative	lenosti
accusative	lenost
vocative	lenosti
locative	lenosti
instrumental	lénosti / lénošću

References

• “lenost”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025