Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěpъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
From *lěpiti + *-ъ, technically constructed as *lojь (“fat, tallow”) + *-pъ.
Noun
*lě̑pъ m[1]
Inflection
Declension of *lě̑pъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Church Slavonic: лѣпъ (lěpŭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: lẹ̑p (tonal orthography) (archaic)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
Etymology 2
Per Derksen, from the same origin as the noun *lěpъ (“glue”) via semantic shift gluey, anointed → abundant, rich, satiate → beautiful. Compare potentially akin Ancient Greek λιπαρός (liparós, “oily, greasy; splendid, glimmering (of appearence), rich (of conditions)”).
Adjective
*lě̑pъ (comparative *lěpьjь)[2][3]
Inflection
Indefinite declension of *lěpъ (hard, accent paradigm c)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lě̑pъ | *lě̑pa | *lě̑po |
| genitive | *lě̑pa | *lě̑py | *lě̑pa |
| dative | *lě̑pu | *lě̑pě | *lě̑pu |
| accusative | *lě̑pъ | *lě̑pǫ | *lě̑po |
| instrumental | *lě̑pomь | *lě̑pojǫ | *lě̑pomь |
| locative | *lě̑pě | *lě̑pě | *lě̑pě |
| vocative | *lě̑pe | *lě̑po | *lě̑po |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *lě̑pa | *lě̑pě | *lě̑pě |
| genitive | *lě̑pu | *lě̑pu | *lě̑pu |
| dative | *lě̑poma | *lě̑pama | *lě̑poma |
| accusative | *lě̑pa | *lě̑pě | *lě̑pě |
| instrumental | *lě̑poma | *lě̑pama | *lě̑poma |
| locative | *lě̑pu | *lě̑pu | *lě̑pu |
| vocative | *lě̑pa | *lě̑pě | *lě̑pě |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *lě̑pi | *lě̑py | *lě̑pa |
| genitive | *lě̑pъ | *lě̑pъ | *lě̑pъ |
| dative | *lě̑pomъ | *lě̑pamъ | *lě̑pomъ |
| accusative | *lě̑py | *lě̑py | *lě̑pa |
| instrumental | *lě̑py | *lě̑pami | *lě̑py |
| locative | *lě̑pěxъ | *lě̑paxъ | *lě̑pěxъ |
| vocative | *lě̑pi | *lě̑py | *lě̑pa |
Definite declension of *lěpъ (hard, accent paradigm c)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lě̑pъjь | *lě̑paja | *lě̑poje |
| genitive | *lě̑pajego | *lě̑pyję̇ | *lě̑pajego |
| dative | *lě̑pujemu | *lě̑pěji | *lě̑pujemu |
| accusative | *lě̑pъjь | *lě̑pǫjǫ | *lě̑poje |
| instrumental | *lě̑pyjimь | *lě̑pǫjǫ | *lě̑pyjimь |
| locative | *lě̑pějemь | *lě̑pěji | *lě̑pějemь |
| vocative | *lě̑pъjь | *lě̑paja | *lě̑poje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *lě̑paja | *lě̑pěji | *lě̑pěji |
| genitive | *lě̑puju | *lě̑puju | *lě̑puju |
| dative | *lě̑pyjima | *lě̑pyjima | *lě̑pyjima |
| accusative | *lě̑paja | *lě̑pěji | *lě̑pěji |
| instrumental | *lě̑pyjima | *lě̑pyjima | *lě̑pyjima |
| locative | *lě̑puju | *lě̑puju | *lě̑puju |
| vocative | *lě̑paja | *lě̑pěji | *lě̑pěji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *lě̑piji | *lě̑pyję̇ | *lě̑paja |
| genitive | *lě̑pъjixъ | *lě̑pъjixъ | *lě̑pъjixъ |
| dative | *lě̑pyjimъ | *lě̑pyjimъ | *lě̑pyjimъ |
| accusative | *lě̑pyję̇ | *lě̑pyję̇ | *lě̑paja |
| instrumental | *lě̑pyjimi | *lě̑pyjimi | *lě̑pyjimi |
| locative | *lě̑pyjixъ | *lě̑pyjixъ | *lě̑pyjixъ |
| vocative | *lě̑piji | *lě̑pyję̇ | *lě̑paja |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̑pъ I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273: “m. o (c) ‘glue’”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̑pъ II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274: “adj. o (c) ‘beautiful’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lěpъ lěpa lěpo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c smuk (SA 123f.; PR 138)”