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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěxa

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *laišāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lóyseh₂ (“following, track; furrow”), from *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”). Cognate with Lithuanian lýsė (“garden bed”), Old Prussian lyso (“field bed”), Latin līra, Proto-Germanic *laisō.

Noun

*lě̄xà f [1][2]

  1. strip of land, bed

Inflection
Declension of *lě̄xà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *lě̄xà *lě̃śě *lě̄xỳ
Accusative *lě̄xǫ̀ *lě̃śě *lě̄xỳ
Genitive *lě̄xỳ *lě̄xù *lě̃xъ
Locative *lě̄śě̀ *lě̄xù *lě̄xàsъ, *lě̄xàxъ*
Dative *lě̄śě̀ *lě̄xàma *lě̄xàmъ
Instrumental *lě̄xòjǫ, *lě̃xǫ** *lě̄xàma *lě̄xàmī
Vocative *lěxo *lě̃śě *lě̄xỳ
* -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).

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lě̄xà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272: “f. ā (b) ‘strip of land, bed’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “lěxa lěxy”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bed for cultivation (NA 89, 141; SA 20)”
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