плен

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pelnъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [plɛn]

Noun

плен • (plen) m

1. captivity, custody

Declension

Declension of плен

	singular
indefinite	плен plen
definite (subject form)	пле́нът plénǎt
definite (object form)	пле́на pléna

References

• “плен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “плен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelnъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [plɛn]

Noun

плен • (plen) m

1. prey
2. booty

Declension

Declension of плен

	singular	plural
indefinite	плен (plen)	пленови (plenovi)
definite unspecified	пленот (plenot)	пленовите (plenovite)
definite proximal	пленов (plenov)	пленовиве (plenovive)
definite distal	пленон (plenon)	пленовине (plenovine)
vocative	плену (plenu)	пленови (plenovi)
count form	—	плена (plena)

Derived terms

• пленик (plenik)
• пленство (plenstvo)

Russian

Alternative forms

• плѣнъ (plěn) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic плѣнъ (plěnŭ, “booty”), from Proto-Slavic *pelnъ. Compare the inherited East Slavic doublet поло́н (polón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [plʲen]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

плен • (plen) m inan (genitive пле́на, nominative plural пле́ны, genitive plural пле́нов)

1. captivity, custody
   • газета «Русское слово», 1916.04.04 :

     на примо́рском фро́нте на́ми захва́чено в плен о́коло 100 аске́ров

     na primórskom frónte námi zaxváčeno v plen ókolo 100 askérov

     on the seaside front we took ca. 100 soldiers into custody

Declension

Declension of плен (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пле́н plén	пле́ны plény
genitive	пле́на pléna	пле́нов plénov
dative	пле́ну plénu	пле́нам plénam
accusative	пле́н plén	пле́ны plény
instrumental	пле́ном plénom	пле́нами plénami
prepositional	пле́не pléne	пле́нах plénax
locative	в плену́ v plenú

Derived terms

• пле́нник (plénnik)
• пле́нница (plénnica)
• пле́нный (plénnyj)
• пленя́ть (plenjátʹ)
• плени́ть (plenítʹ)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плен”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• плије̑н (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From earlier plěnъ, from Proto-Slavic *pelnъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plêːn/

Noun

пле̑н m (Latin spelling plȇn)

1. booty, plunder

Declension

Declension of плен

	singular
nominative	плен
genitive	плена
dative	плену
accusative	плен
vocative	плене
locative	плену
instrumental	пленом