Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lъžь

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 *lugis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lewgʰ-.

Noun

*lъžь f

lie

Inflection

Declension of *lъžь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*lъžь	*lъži	*lъži
Accusative	*lъžь	*lъži	*lъži
Genitive	*lъži	lъžьju, lъžu^*	lъžьjь, lъži^*
Locative	*lъži	lъžьju, lъžu^*	*lъžьxъ
Dative	*lъži	*lъžьma	*lъžьmъ
Instrumental	lъžьjǫ, lъžǫ^*	*lъžьma	*lъžьmi
Vocative	*lъži	*lъži	*lъži

^* 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:
- Russian: ложь (ložʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: лъжь (lŭžĭ)
- Bulgarian: лъжа (lǎža)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: лаж
  
  Latin: laž
- Slovene: lȃž (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: lež
  - Czech: lež
- Polish: łeż (obsolete)
- Slovak: lož

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ложь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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