лѣсъ

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Old Church Slavonic

лѣсъ

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

Noun

лѣсъ • (lěsŭ) m

  1. forest
  2. woods
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1794-1796:
      бо би велѣлъ богъ не дѣлати чловѣкомъ то бꙑлиѥ жито би раждало и лѣсъ грозниѥ.
      bo bi velělŭ bogŭ ne dělati člověkomŭ to bylije žito bi raždalo i lěsŭ groznije.
      If God had ordered men not to work, plants would grow grain and woods grapes.
    • from Vita Methodii, 0700210:
      и азъ на лѣсѣ надаю, своі дьнь съконьчавъ.
      i azŭ na lěsě nadaju, svoi dĭnĭ sŭkonĭčavŭ.
      Now my days are ending and I am waiting for the woods.

Old East Slavic

Лѣсъ (1).
Лѣсъ на земли (2).

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic лѣсъ (lěsŭ) and Old Polish las.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleːsʊ/→/ˈlʲeːsʊ/→/ˈlʲɛːs/, /ˈlʲeːs/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈleːsʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈlʲeːsʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈlʲɛːs/, /ˈlʲeːs/

  • Hyphenation: лѣ‧съ

Noun

лѣсъ (lěsŭ) m (diminutive лѣсъкъ or лѣсьць, related adjective лѣсьнъ)

  1. forest
  2. timber

Declension

Declension of лѣсъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative лѣсъ
lěsŭ 		лѣса
lěsa 		лѣси
lěsi
Genitive лѣса
lěsa 		лѣсу
lěsu 		лѣсъ
lěsŭ
Dative лѣсу
lěsu 		лѣсома
lěsoma 		лѣсомъ
lěsomŭ
Accusative лѣсъ
lěsŭ 		лѣса
lěsa 		лѣсꙑ
lěsy
Instrumental лѣсъмь
lěsŭmĭ 		лѣсома
lěsoma 		лѣсꙑ
lěsy
Locative лѣсѣ
lěsě 		лѣсу
lěsu 		лѣсѣхъ
lěsěxŭ
Vocative лѣсе
lěse 		лѣса
lěsa 		лѣси
lěsi

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: лѣсъ (lěs)
  • Russian: лес (les)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “лѣсъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ‎ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 76

Russian

Noun

лѣсъ • (lěs) m inan (genitive лѣ́са, nominative plural лѣса́, genitive plural лѣсо́въ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of лес (les).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of лѣсъ (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c irreg) 
singular plural
nominative лѣ́съ
lě́s 		лѣса́△
lěsá△
genitive лѣ́са
lě́sa 		лѣсо́въ
lěsóv
dative лѣ́су
lě́su 		лѣса́мъ
lěsám
accusative лѣ́съ
lě́s 		лѣса́△
lěsá△
instrumental лѣ́сомъ
lě́som 		лѣса́ми
lěsámi
prepositional лѣ́сѣ
lě́sě 		лѣса́хъ
lěsáx
locative лѣсу́
lěsú

△ Irregular.

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