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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lisъ

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 *lisa +‎ *-ъ. Unknown. The closest candidate relative is Latvian lapsa, which is not an exact match.

Noun

*lìsъ m[1][2]

  1. fox

Declension
Declension of *lìsъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *lìsъ *lìsa *lìsi
Accusative *lìsъ *lìsa *lìsy
Genitive *lìsa *lìsu *lìsъ
Locative *lìsě *lìsu *lìsě̄xъ
Dative *lìsu *lìsoma *lìsomъ
Instrumental *lìsъmь, *lìsomь* *lìsoma *lìsȳ
Vocative *lìse *lìsa *lìsi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *lisъka (diminutive)
    • Czech: liška
    • Lower Sorbian: liška
    • Polabian: laiskă
    • Polish: liszka
    • Upper Sorbian: liška

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: лисъ (lisŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰾⰺⱄⱏ (lisŭ)
      • Russian Church Slavonic: лисъ (lisŭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ли̑с (dialectal)
      Latin: lȋs (dialectal)
    • Slovene: lìs
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: lis
    • Kashubian: lës
    • Old Polish: lis
      • Polish: lis; ľis (dialectal)
    • Slovak: lis
    • Slovincian: lës, lǝs, lȧ̃s
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: lis

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lisъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279: “m. o ‘fox’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “lisъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 101)”
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