Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěska
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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
Cognate with Proto-Slavic *loza (“vine”), Latvian lazda (“hazel”), lagzda (“hazel”), Lithuanian lazdà (“stick, staff”), Old Prussian laxde (“hazel”).
Noun
Declension
Declension of *lě̄skà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lě̄skà | *lě̃scě | *lě̄skỳ |
| genitive | *lě̄skỳ | *lě̄skù | *lě̃skъ |
| dative | *lě̄scě̀ | *lě̄skàma | *lě̄skàmъ |
| accusative | *lě̄skǫ̀ | *lě̃scě | *lě̄skỳ |
| instrumental | *lě̄skòjǫ, *lě̃skǫ** | *lě̄skàma | *lě̄skàmī |
| locative | *lě̄scě̀ | *lě̄skù | *lě̄skàsъ, *lě̄skàxъ* |
| vocative | *lěsko | *lě̃scě | *lě̄skỳ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- “ле́ска”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1969, published 1990, page 193
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лязга́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̄skà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274: “f. ā (b) ‘hazel’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lěska lěsky”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 156)”