NOUN
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formal dated coffinLes su nosila četvorica prijatelja. — Four friends carried the coffin.
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(in geology) loessVeliki deo Vojvodine pokriven je lesom. — A large part of Vojvodina is covered with loess.Titelski breg je lesna zaravan od lesa. — Titel Hill is a loess plateau.
In the sense 'coffin' the word is bookish and dated and practically unused in everyday speech in Serbia; the words used are kovčeg or mrtvački sanduk. In current usage les usually means 'loess'.
Declension, masc.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | les | lesovi |
| Gen. | lesa | lesova |
| Dat. | lesu | lesovima |
| Acc. | les | lesove |
| Voc. | lese | lesovi |
| Ins. | lesom | lesovima |
| Loc. | lesu | lesovima |
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Updated 17 October 2026