Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěnь

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 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-Indo-European *leh₁-, alongside Latin lenis (“calm, gradual”) and Lithuanian lėtas (“slow, tranquil”).

Noun

*lěnь f

  1. laziness

Declension

Declension of *lěnь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lěnь *lěni *lěni
genitive *lěni *lěnьju, *lěňu* *lěnьjь, *lěni*
dative *lěni *lěnьma *lěnьmъ
accusative *lěnь *lěni *lěni
instrumental *lěnьjǫ, *lěňǫ* *lěnьma *lěnьmi
locative *lěni *lěnьju, *lěňu* *lěnьxъ
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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: лень (lenʹ, “laziness”)
    • Ukrainian: лінь (linʹ, “laziness, lazy person”)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: léň (“laziness”) (obsolete, dialectal)
    • Polish: leń (“lazy person”)
    • Slovak: lieň (“laziness”) (poetic, dialectal)
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  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’”
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