ланита

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olnita.

• IPA^(key): [ɫɐˈnitɐ]

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лани́та • (laníta) f (dialectal, obsolescent)

1. cheek (rare side of one's face)

   Synonym: бу́за (búza)

Often used as plurale tantum лани́ти (laníti) to refer to the rare side of the face.

• “ланита”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лани́тꙑ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 4
• “ланита”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olnita.

ланита • (lanita) f

1. cheek

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ланита (lanita), from Proto-Slavic *olnita. Cognate with Bulgarian ланита (lanita). Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina), Latin ulna (“elbow”), Sanskrit अणि (aṇi, “the point of a needle”).

• IPA^(key): [ɫɐˈnʲitə]

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лани́та • (laníta) f inan (genitive лани́ты, nominative plural лани́ты, genitive plural лани́т)

1. (dated) cheek

   Synonym: щека́ (ščeká)

   • 1823, Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev, Слёзы [Tears]:

     Люблю́ когда́ лицо́ прекра́сной
     Весенній воздухъ пламенитъ,
     То кудре́й шолкъ взвѣваетъ сладостра́стный,
     То въ я́мочки впива́ется ланитъ!

     Ljubljú kogdá licó prekrásnoj
     Vesennij vozdux plamenit,
     To kudréj šolk vzvěvajet sladostrástnyj,
     To v jámočki vpivájetsja lanit!

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