Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěpъ

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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

From *lěpiti +‎ *-ъ, technically constructed as *lojь (fat, tallow) +‎ *-pъ.

Noun edit

*lě̑pъ m[1]

  1. glue
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ли̏јеп
      Latin script: lȉjep
    • Slovene: lẹ̑p (tonal orthography) (archaic)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: lep
    • Polish: lep
    • Slovak: lep
    • Slovincian: lep
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: lip
      • Upper Sorbian: lěp

Etymology 2 edit

Per Derksen, from the same origin as the noun *lěpъ (glue) via semantic shift gluey, anointedabundant, rich, satiatebeautiful. Compare potentially akin Ancient Greek λιπαρός (liparós, oily, greasy; splendid, glimmering (of appearence), rich (of conditions)).

Adjective edit

*lě̑pъ[2][3]

  1. beautiful
Inflection edit
Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̑pъ I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 273:m. o (c) ‘glue’
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̑pъ II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 274:adj. o (c) ‘beautiful’
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lěpъ lěpa lěpo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c smuk (SA 123f.; PR 138)