Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lęčь
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editInstrumental/resultant noun from *lękťi (“to bend and stretch”) + *-ь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lenkʷ- or *(s)lenk- (“to curve, to wind”). Cognate with dialectal Lithuanian leñkis (“lock, sluice”), Old Norse lengja (“strap”). Further akin to Latvian lìks (“crooked”), possibly Latin laqueus (“noose”).
Noun
edit*lę̑čь f
Alternative forms
edit- *lęča (jā-stem)
Declension
editDeclension of *lęčь (i-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *lęčь | *lęči | *lęči |
genitive | *lęči | *lęčьju, *lęču* | *lęčьjь, *lęči* |
dative | *lęči | *lęčьma | *lęčьmъ |
accusative | *lęčь | *lęči | *lęči |
instrumental | *lęčьjǫ, *lęčǫ* | *lęčьma | *lęčьmi |
locative | *lęči | *lęčьju, *lęču* | *lęčьxъ |
vocative | *lęči | *lęči | *lęči |
* 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).
Derived terms
edit- *lęčiti (“to crook, to creep, to tremble”)
- *lęčьka, *lęčica (diminutive)
- *lęčizna, *lęčivo (“binding, noose”)
Related terms
edit- *lękъ, *lękavъ (“bent, crooked”)
- *lǫkъ (“bow”)
- *lǫka (“meadow, lowland”)
- *lęxъ (“Lechian”) (possibly)
Descendants
edit- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полячь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lękъ/*lęka/*lęčь/*lęča”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 63