"слон" meaning in Russian

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Noun

IPA: [sɫon] Audio: Ru-слон.ogg
Etymology: 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”). 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ru|sla-pro|*slonъ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *slonъ, {{inh+|ru|sla-pro|*slonъ}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ, {{cog|sla-pro|*sloniti sę||to lean against}} Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), {{cog|tr|arslan||lion}} Turkish arslan (“lion”), {{der|ru|och|象|t=elephant|ts=*slaŋ}} Old Chinese 象 (*ljaŋʔ /⁠*slaŋ⁠/, “elephant”), {{cog|cv|-}} Chuvash, {{m|cv|слон}} слон (slon), {{m|cv|сӑлан|t=elephant}} сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”), {{der|ru|xbo|-}} Bulgar, {{cog|cv|сӑлан|t=elephant}} Chuvash сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”) Head templates: {{ru-noun+|b|a=an|adj=слоно́вый|adj2=слоно́вий|aug=слони́ще|aug2=слоня́ра|dim=сло́ник|f=слони́ха}} 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) Forms: slon [romanization], слона́ [genitive], слоны́ [nominative, plural], слоно́в [genitive, plural], слони́ха [feminine], слоно́вый [adjective, relational], слоно́вий [adjective, relational], сло́ник [diminutive], слони́ще [augmentative], слоня́ра [augmentative], no-table-tags [table-tags], сло́н [nominative, singular], слоны́ [nominative, plural], слона́ [genitive, singular], слоно́в [genitive, plural], слону́ [dative, singular], слона́м [dative, plural], слона́ [accusative, singular], слоно́в [accusative, plural], слоно́м [instrumental, singular], слона́ми [instrumental, plural], слоне́ [prepositional, singular], слона́х [plural, prepositional]
  1. elephant Categories (lifeform): Elephants
    Sense id: en-слон-ru-noun-zQjExDFt Disambiguation of Elephants: 71 10 19 Categories (other): Russian nouns with accent pattern b Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern b: 26 38 36
  2. (chess) bishop Categories (topical): Chess, Chess Synonyms (chess piece): офице́р (oficér) [informal]
    Sense id: en-слон-ru-noun-vW5Q0YLt Disambiguation of Chess: 3 77 20 Categories (other): Russian nouns with accent pattern b Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern b: 26 38 36 Topics: board-games, chess, games Disambiguation of 'chess piece': 0 88 12
  3. (colloquial, usually about children) one who walks loudly or heavily; stomper Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-слон-ru-noun-LmVVUAVB Categories (other): Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern b Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 3 41 56 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 4 28 68 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern b: 26 38 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: слонъ — Pre-reform orthography (1918) (slon) Derived forms: слонёнок (slonjónok), слони́ха (sloníxa), слоно́вник (slonóvnik), слонопота́м (slonopotám) Related terms: морско́й слон (morskój slon), коро́ль (korólʹ), ферзь (ferzʹ), ладья́ (ladʹjá), конь (konʹ), пе́шка (péška)

Inflected forms

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{
  "abbreviations": [
    {
      "roman": "S",
      "sense": "chess piece",
      "word": "С"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "slonjónok",
      "word": "слонёнок"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sloníxa",
      "word": "слони́ха"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "slonóvnik",
      "word": "слоно́вник"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "slonopotám",
      "word": "слонопота́м"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "slona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ingrian: slona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ingrian: slona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sjd",
            "2": "слонн",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kildin Sami: слонн (slonn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kildin Sami: слонн (slonn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kpv",
            "2": "слӧн",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Komi-Zyrian: слӧн (slön)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Komi-Zyrian: слӧн (slön)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*slonъ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *slonъ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*slonъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*sloniti sę",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lean against"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "arslan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lion"
      },
      "expansion": "Turkish arslan (“lion”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "och",
        "3": "象",
        "t": "elephant",
        "ts": "*slaŋ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese 象 (*ljaŋʔ /⁠*slaŋ⁠/, “elephant”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cv",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chuvash",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cv",
        "2": "слон"
      },
      "expansion": "слон (slon)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cv",
        "2": "сӑлан",
        "t": "elephant"
      },
      "expansion": "сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "xbo",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgar",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cv",
        "2": "сӑлан",
        "t": "elephant"
      },
      "expansion": "Chuvash сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).\nVovin (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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слона́",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоны́",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоно́в",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слони́ха",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоно́вый",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "relational"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоно́вий",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "relational"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "сло́ник",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слони́ще",
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоня́ра",
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ru-noun-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hard-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "accent-b",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "сло́н",
      "roman": "slón",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоны́",
      "roman": "sloný",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слона́",
      "roman": "sloná",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоно́в",
      "roman": "slonóv",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слону́",
      "roman": "slonú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слона́м",
      "roman": "slonám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слона́",
      "roman": "sloná",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоно́в",
      "roman": "slonóv",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоно́м",
      "roman": "slonóm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слона́ми",
      "roman": "slonámi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоне́",
      "roman": "sloné",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слона́х",
      "roman": "slonáx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prepositional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "a": "an",
        "adj": "слоно́вый",
        "adj2": "слоно́вий",
        "aug": "слони́ще",
        "aug2": "слоня́ра",
        "dim": "сло́ник",
        "f": "слони́ха"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "ru-noun+"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "morskój slon",
      "word": "морско́й слон"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "korólʹ",
      "word": "коро́ль"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ferzʹ",
      "word": "ферзь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ladʹjá",
      "word": "ладья́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "konʹ",
      "word": "конь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "péška",
      "word": "пе́шка"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 38 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian nouns with accent pattern b",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 10 19",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "ru",
          "name": "Elephants",
          "orig": "ru:Elephants",
          "parents": [
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elephant"
      ],
      "id": "en-слон-ru-noun-zQjExDFt",
      "links": [
        [
          "elephant",
          "elephant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ru",
          "name": "Chess",
          "orig": "ru:Chess",
          "parents": [
            "Board games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 38 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian nouns with accent pattern b",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 77 20",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ru",
          "name": "Chess",
          "orig": "ru:Chess",
          "parents": [
            "Board games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bishop"
      ],
      "id": "en-слон-ru-noun-vW5Q0YLt",
      "links": [
        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess) bishop"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 88 12",
          "roman": "oficér",
          "sense": "chess piece",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "офице́р"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 41 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 28 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 38 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian nouns with accent pattern b",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one who walks loudly or heavily; stomper"
      ],
      "id": "en-слон-ru-noun-LmVVUAVB",
      "links": [
        [
          "stomper",
          "stomper"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "usually about children",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, usually about children) one who walks loudly or heavily; stomper"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sɫon]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ru-слон.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/Ru-%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD.ogg/Ru-%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Ru-%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "slon",
      "word": "слонъ — Pre-reform orthography (1918)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "слон"
}

{
  "abbreviations": [
    {
      "roman": "S",
      "sense": "chess piece",
      "word": "С"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Russian 1-syllable words",
    "Russian animate nouns",
    "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Russian hard-stem masculine-form accent-b nouns",
    "Russian hard-stem masculine-form nouns",
    "Russian lemmas",
    "Russian links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Russian masculine nouns",
    "Russian nouns",
    "Russian nouns with accent pattern b",
    "Russian terms derived from Bulgar",
    "Russian terms derived from Old Chinese",
    "Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
    "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Russian terms with audio links",
    "Russian terms with redundant head parameter",
    "ru:Chess",
    "ru:Elephants",
    "uk:Chess",
    "uk:Elephants"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "slonjónok",
      "word": "слонёнок"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sloníxa",
      "word": "слони́ха"
    },
    {
      "roman": "slonóvnik",
      "word": "слоно́вник"
    },
    {
      "roman": "slonopotám",
      "word": "слонопота́м"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "slona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ingrian: slona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ingrian: slona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sjd",
            "2": "слонн",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kildin Sami: слонн (slonn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kildin Sami: слонн (slonn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kpv",
            "2": "слӧн",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Komi-Zyrian: слӧн (slön)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Komi-Zyrian: слӧн (slön)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*slonъ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *slonъ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*slonъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*sloniti sę",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lean against"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "arslan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lion"
      },
      "expansion": "Turkish arslan (“lion”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "och",
        "3": "象",
        "t": "elephant",
        "ts": "*slaŋ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese 象 (*ljaŋʔ /⁠*slaŋ⁠/, “elephant”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cv",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chuvash",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cv",
        "2": "слон"
      },
      "expansion": "слон (slon)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cv",
        "2": "сӑлан",
        "t": "elephant"
      },
      "expansion": "сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "xbo",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgar",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cv",
        "2": "сӑлан",
        "t": "elephant"
      },
      "expansion": "Chuvash сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).\nVovin (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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слона́",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоны́",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоно́в",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слони́ха",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоно́вый",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "relational"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоно́вий",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "relational"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "сло́ник",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слони́ще",
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоня́ра",
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ru-noun-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hard-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "accent-b",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "сло́н",
      "roman": "slón",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоны́",
      "roman": "sloný",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слона́",
      "roman": "sloná",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоно́в",
      "roman": "slonóv",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слону́",
      "roman": "slonú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слона́м",
      "roman": "slonám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слона́",
      "roman": "sloná",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоно́в",
      "roman": "slonóv",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоно́м",
      "roman": "slonóm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слона́ми",
      "roman": "slonámi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слоне́",
      "roman": "sloné",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "слона́х",
      "roman": "slonáx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prepositional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "a": "an",
        "adj": "слоно́вый",
        "adj2": "слоно́вий",
        "aug": "слони́ще",
        "aug2": "слоня́ра",
        "dim": "сло́ник",
        "f": "слони́ха"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "ru-noun+"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "morskój slon",
      "word": "морско́й слон"
    },
    {
      "roman": "korólʹ",
      "word": "коро́ль"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ferzʹ",
      "word": "ферзь"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ladʹjá",
      "word": "ладья́"
    },
    {
      "roman": "konʹ",
      "word": "конь"
    },
    {
      "roman": "péška",
      "word": "пе́шка"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "elephant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elephant",
          "elephant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ru:Chess"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bishop"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess) bishop"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one who walks loudly or heavily; stomper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stomper",
          "stomper"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "usually about children",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, usually about children) one who walks loudly or heavily; stomper"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sɫon]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ru-слон.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/Ru-%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD.ogg/Ru-%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Ru-%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "oficér",
      "sense": "chess piece",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "офице́р"
    },
    {
      "roman": "slon",
      "word": "слонъ — Pre-reform orthography (1918)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "слон"
}

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