Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lemexъ

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

An alternative form of *lemešь. See there for details.

Noun

*lemexъ m^[1]

Inflection

Declension of *lemexъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lemexъ	*lemexa	*lemeśi
genitive	*lemexa	*lemexu	*lemexъ
dative	*lemexu	*lemexoma	*lemexomъ
accusative	*lemexъ	*lemexa	*lemexy
instrumental	lemexъmь, lemexomь^*	*lemexoma	*lemexy
locative	*lemeśě	*lemexu	*lemeśěxъ
vocative	*lemeše	*lemexa	*lemeśi

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

Synonyms

*lemešь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лемехъ (lemexŭ, “ploughshare”)
- Belarusian: ле́мех (ljémjex, “ploughshare”)
- Russian: ле́мех (lémex, “ploughshare”)
South Slavic:
West Slavic:
- Czech: lemech (“back of a chair”) (dialectal)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lemexъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 271: “m. o ‘ploughshare, plough’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lemexъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 271: “m. o ‘ploughshare, plough’”

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