Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lice

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.

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Proto-Slavic/lice

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*tělo

Etymology edit

From early *liko, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léika, from Proto-Indo-European *léykom. Baltic cognates include Old Prussian laygnan (“cheek”). Indo-European cognates include Old Irish lecca (“jaw, cheek”).

Noun edit

*līcè n^[1]^[2]

cheek
face

Inflection edit

Declension of *līcè (s-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*līcè	*līčèsi	*līčèsā
genitive	*līčèse	*līčèsu	*līčèsъ
dative	*līčèsi	*līčèsьma	*līčèsьmъ
accusative	*līcè	*līčèsi	*līčèsā
instrumental	*līčèsьmь	*līčèsьma	*līčèsȳ
locative	*līčèse	*līčèsu	*līčèsьxъ
vocative	*līcè	*līčèsi	*līčèsā

Declension of *līcè (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*līcè	*lĩci	*lĩca
genitive	*līcà	*licu	*lĩcь
dative	*līcù	*licema	*lĩcemъ
accusative	*līcè	*lĩci	*lĩca
instrumental	līcь̀mь, līcèmь^*	*licema	*lĩci
locative	*līcì	*licu	*lĩcixъ
vocative	*līcè	*lĩci	*lĩca

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

*likъ

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лице́ (licé), лицо́ (licó)
  - Belarusian: ліце́ (licjé), ліцо́ (licó) (dial.)
  - Russian: лицо́ (licó)
  - Ukrainian: лице́ (lycé)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: лице (lice)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰾⰻⱌⰵ (lice)
- Bulgarian: лице́ (licé)
- Macedonian: лице (lice)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ли́це
  
  Latin script: líce
- Slovene: līce (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: líce
  - Czech: líce
- Old Polish: lice
  - Polish: lice, lico (poetic)
- Slovak: líce, líco (dial.)
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: lico
  - Lower Sorbian: lico

References edit

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*līcè”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 278: “n. jo (b) ‘cheek, face’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “?lice”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b ansigt, person (PR 135; MP 24)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*līcè”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 278: “n. jo (b) ‘cheek, face’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “?lice”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b ansigt, person (PR 135; MP 24)”

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