Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/leščь

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

Alternative forms

*ľaščь, *dleščь, *kleščь, *pleščь

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “see Происхождение общеславянских названий рыб s.65”)

Compare Latvian leste.

Noun

*leščь m

bream, carp bream

Inflection

Declension of *leščь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*leščь	*lešča	*lešči
genitive	*lešča	*lešču	*leščь
dative	*lešču	*leščema	*leščemъ
accusative	*leščь	*lešča	*leščę̇
instrumental	leščьmь, leščemь^*	*leščema	*lešči
locative	*lešči	*lešču	*leščixъ
vocative	*lešču	*lešča	*lešči

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лещь (leščĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: лещъ (lešč), лꙗщъ (ljašč)
    - Belarusian: лешч (lješč); ляшч (ljašč) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: лящ (ljašč); лещ (lešč), ліщ (lišč), ляш (ljaš), леш (leš) (dialectal)
  - Russian: лещ (lešč); лящ (ljašč) (dialectal)
    - → Slovak: lešť (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: лещь (leštʹ) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: leszcz
  - Polish: leszcz
    - → Czech: lešť
- Pomeranian:
  - Slovincian: lešč

From *kleščь

East Slavic:
- Old Novgorodian: клещь (kleśćĭ)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: kleszcz
  - Polish: klesczcz (dialectal)
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: klešč

Kolomijec, V. T. (1983) Происхождение общеславянских названий рыб (К IX Международному съезду славистов) (in Russian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 65
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*leščь I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 142
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “лящ¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 345
Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1989), “лешч”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), volumes 5 (ка́яць – ліпя́нка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 296
Vasmer, Max (1967) “лещ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 490