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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěxa
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *laišāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lóyseh₂ (“following, track; furrow”), from *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”). Cognate with Lithuanian lýsė (“garden bed”), Old Prussian lyso (“field bed”), Latin līra, Proto-Germanic *laisō.
Inflection
Declension of *lě̄xà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *lě̄xà | *lě̃śě | *lě̄xỳ |
| Accusative | *lě̄xǫ̀ | *lě̃śě | *lě̄xỳ |
| Genitive | *lě̄xỳ | *lě̄xù | *lě̃xъ |
| Locative | *lě̄śě̀ | *lě̄xù | *lě̄xàsъ, *lě̄xàxъ* |
| Dative | *lě̄śě̀ | *lě̄xàma | *lě̄xàmъ |
| Instrumental | *lě̄xòjǫ, *lě̃xǫ** | *lě̄xàma | *lě̄xàmī |
| Vocative | *lěxo | *lě̃śě | *lě̄xỳ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “леха́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lě̄xà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272: “f. ā (b) ‘strip of land, bed’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “lěxa lěxy”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bed for cultivation (NA 89, 141; SA 20)”
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