Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/luspa

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

Of uncertain exact origin, but clearly related to Proto-Slavic *luska and Latvian làuskas (“flakes”) (pl).

Noun

*luspa f

1. peel, shell, scale, pod

Declension

Declension of *luspa (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*luspa	*luspě	*luspy
genitive	*luspy	*luspu	*luspъ
dative	*luspě	*luspama	*luspamъ
accusative	*luspǫ	*luspě	*luspy
instrumental	*luspojǫ, *luspǫ**	*luspama	*luspami
locative	*luspě	*luspu	*luspasъ, *luspaxъ*
vocative	*luspo	*luspě	*luspy

^* -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).

Related terms

• *luščiti (“to peel”)
• *luska (“shell, pod”)
• *luzga (“(fish) scales”)

Derived terms

• *luspajь
• *luspakъ
• *luspati (sę)
• *luspavъ
• *luspina
• *luspiti (sę)

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лꙋспа (luspa)
    • Belarusian: лушпа́ (lušpá) (dialectal)
    • Russian: луспа (luspa)
    • Ukrainian: лушпа́ (lušpá) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: лоуспа (luspa)
  • Bulgarian: люспа (ljuspa)
  • Macedonian: лушпа (lušpa)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: љу̏спа

    Unspecified script:

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*luspa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 292
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*luspa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 199
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “луспа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress