Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěvakъ

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 edit

From *lěvъ (“left”) +‎ *-akъ.

Noun edit

*lěvakъ m

left-handed

Declension edit

Declension of *lěvakъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lěvakъ	*lěvaka	*lěvaci
genitive	*lěvaka	*lěvaku	*lěvakъ
dative	*lěvaku	*lěvakoma	*lěvakomъ
accusative	*lěvakъ	*lěvaka	*lěvaky
instrumental	lěvakъmь, lěvakomь^*	*lěvakoma	*lěvaky
locative	*lěvacě	*lěvaku	*lěvacěxъ
vocative	*lěvače	*lěvaka	*lěvaci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Russian: лева́к (levák)
- Ukrainian: ‎ліва́к (‎livák)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Middle Bulgarian: лѣвакъ (lěvakŭ)
    - Bulgarian: лева́к (levák)
  - Macedonian: левак (levak)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: лѐва̄к, љѐва̄к; лѝва̄к (dialectal)
  
  Latin script: lèvāk, ljèvāk; lìvāk (dialectal)
- Slovene: lẹvák (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: levák
- Polish: lewak; lewok (dialectal)
- Slovak: ľavák; levák (dialectal)
- Pomeranian:
  - Slovincian: levok