клон

• IPA^(key): [kɫɔn]

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• Rhymes: -ɔn

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klonъ (“slope”).

клон • (klon) m (dated)

1. (originally) skewing, tilt, incline
2. (figurative) concordance, accord

   правя / ставам клон ― pravja / stavam klon ― to agree, to concur (literally, “to make [oneself] / to get inclined”)

3. (in the plural) fells, slopes (of a highland, mountain, geological formation)

   Synonym: поли́ pl (polí)

   клонове на планина ― klonove na planina ― mountain's fells

• Nayden Gerov (1897), “ставамь клонъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 372
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клон²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 464

Disputed. Possibly:

• Akin to Etymology 1. Mladenov treats it as a deverbal of the iterative клоня́ (klonjá, “to incline”);
• Less likely borrowed from Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”) (if borrowed through regular means, expected would have been **клун (**klun)).

клон • (klon) m (diminutive кло́нче)

1. branch (offshoot of a tree, shrub, etc)
2. (by extension) branch, filial (of an organisation, consortium)

   Synonym: филиа́л (filiál)

3. (by extension) branch, discipline (of a scientific field)

   клонове на математиката ― klonove na matematikata ― branches of mathematics

• “клон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “клон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1897), “клонъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 372
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клон¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 464

• IPA^(key): [kɫɔn]
• Rhymes: -ɔn

клон • (klon) m

1. clone

• IPA^(key): [kɫon]

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клон • (klon) m inan or m anim (genitive кло́на, nominative plural кло́ны, genitive plural кло́нов)

1. clone

• клони́ровать (klonírovatʹ), клони́рование (klonírovanije)

кло̑н m anim (Latin spelling klȏn)

1. clone