Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lъža
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editVerbal noun of *lъgati + *-ja.
Noun
edit*lъža f
Declension
editDeclension of *lъža (soft a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *lъža | *lъži | *lъžę̇ |
genitive | *lъžę̇ | *lъžu | *lъžь |
dative | *lъži | *lъžama | *lъžamъ |
accusative | *lъžǫ | *lъži | *lъžę̇ |
instrumental | *lъžejǫ, *lъžǫ** | *lъžama | *lъžami |
locative | *lъži | *lъžu | *lъžasъ, *lъžaxъ* |
vocative | *lъže | *lъži | *lъžę̇ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Alternative forms
edit- *lъžь (i-stem)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лжа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lъža”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 256