Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lučь
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *laukis, from Proto-Indo-European *lowkis, from *lewk- (“white; light; bright”).
Baltic cognates include Old Prussian luckis (“torch, log”).
Noun
editInflection
editDeclension of *lũčь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *lũčь | *lūčì | *lūčì |
genitive | *lũči | *lũčьju, *luču* | *lūčь̀jь, *lũči* |
dative | *lūčì | *lũčьma | *lūčь̀mъ |
accusative | *lũčь | *lūčì | *lūčì |
instrumental | *lũčьjǫ, *lũčǫ* | *lũčьma | *lũčьmī |
locative | *lũči | *lũčьju, *luču* | *lūčь̀xъ |
vocative | *luči | *lūčì | *lūčì |
* 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).
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Church Slavonic: лучь (lučĭ) (Russian)
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lučь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 163
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “луч”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 496
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “луч”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lúčь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 290: “f. i (b) ‘ray, torch’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lučь luča”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b stråle (SA 126; RPT 97, 101f.)”