Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěnь

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

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Noun

*lěnь f[1]

laziness

Declension

Declension of *lěnь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*lěnь	*lěni	*lěni
Accusative	*lěnь	*lěni	*lěni
Genitive	*lěni	lěnьju, lěňu^*	lěnьjь, lěni^*
Locative	*lěni	lěnьju, lěňu^*	*lěnьxъ
Dative	*lěni	*lěnьma	*lěnьmъ
Instrumental	lěnьjǫ, lěňǫ^*	*lěnьma	*lěnьmi
Vocative	*lěni	*lěni	*lěni

^* 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).

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: лень (lenʹ, “laziness”)
- Ukrainian: лінь (linʹ, “laziness, lazy person”)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: лѣнь (lěnĭ, “laziness”)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰾⱑⱀⱐ (lěnĭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ли̏јен (“laziness”)
  
  Latin: lȉjen
- Slovene: lė̑n (“laziness”)
West Slavic:
- Czech: léň (“laziness”) (obsolete, dialectal)
- Polish: leń (“lazy person”)
- Slovak: lieň (“laziness”) (poetic, dialectal)
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: lěni

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lěnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273: “f. i ‘laziness’”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lěnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273: “f. i ‘laziness’”