Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěnь
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *leh₁-, alongside Latin lenis (“calm, gradual”) and Lithuanian lėtas (“slow, tranquil”).
Noun
edit*lěnь f[1]
Declension
editDeclension 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).
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lěnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 273: “f. i ‘laziness’”