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      Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/loky
Proto-Slavic
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Indo-European *lókus. Cognate with Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “pond”), Latin lacus (“lake”), Proto-Celtic *loku, Proto-Germanic *laguz.
Inflection
    
Declension of *lokỳ (v-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *lokỳ | *lokъ̀vi | *lokъ̀vi | 
| Accusative | *lokъ̀vь | *lokъ̀vi | *lokъ̀vi | 
| Genitive | *lokъ̀ve | *lokъ̀vu | *lokъ̀vъ | 
| Locative | *lokъ̀ve | *lokъ̀vu | *lokъ̀vьxъ, *lokъ̀vaxъ* | 
| Dative | *lokъ̀vi | *lokъ̀vьma, *lokъ̀vama* | *lokъ̀vьmъ, *lokъ̀vamъ* | 
| Instrumental | *lokъ̀vьjǫ, *lokъ̀vľǭ** | *lokъ̀vьma, *lokъ̀vama* | *lokъ̀vьmī, *lokъ̀vamī* | 
| Vocative | *lokỳ | *lokъ̀vi | *lokъ̀vi | 
* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
** 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).
See also
    
- *loka
- *ločьka
 
Descendants
    
- South Slavic
References
    
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lokỳ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284: “f. ū (b?) ‘puddle’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “loky, A. lokъvь, G. lokъve”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b puddle (NA 130, 142; SA 22)”
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