Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lǫkavьstvo

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

Etymology

From *lǫkavъ (“cunning”) +‎ *-ьstvo.

Noun

*lǫkavьstvo n

1. cunningness, wickedness

Declension

Declension of *lǫkavьstvo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lǫkavьstvo	*lǫkavьstvě	*lǫkavьstva
genitive	*lǫkavьstva	*lǫkavьstvu	*lǫkavьstvъ
dative	*lǫkavьstvu	*lǫkavьstvoma	*lǫkavьstvomъ
accusative	*lǫkavьstvo	*lǫkavьstvě	*lǫkavьstva
instrumental	*lǫkavьstvъmь, *lǫkavьstvomь*	*lǫkavьstvoma	*lǫkavьstvy
locative	*lǫkavьstvě	*lǫkavьstvu	*lǫkavьstvěxъ
vocative	*lǫkavьstvo	*lǫkavьstvě	*lǫkavьstva

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лукавьство (lukavĭstvo)
    • Russian: лука́вство (lukávstvo)
    • Ukrainian: лука́вство (lukávstvo)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: лѫкавьство (lǫkavĭstvo)

  • Bulgarian: лука̀вство (lukàvstvo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: лу̏ка̄вство

    Latin script: lȕkāvstvo

  • Slovene: lokȃvstvọ (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lǫkavьstvo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 145