Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lisъ

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

Unknown. The closest candidate relative is Latvian lapsa, which is not an exact match.

Noun

*lìsъ m [1][2]

fox

Declension

Declension of *lìsъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*lìsъ	*lìsa	*lìsi
Accusative	*lìsъ	*lìsa	*lìsy
Genitive	*lìsa	*lìsu	*lìsъ
Locative	*lìsě	*lìsu	*lìsě̄xъ
Dative	*lìsu	*lìsoma	*lìsomъ
Instrumental	lìsъmь, lìsomь^*	*lìsoma	*lìsȳ
Vocative	*lìse	*lìsa	*lìsi

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

Derived terms

*lišьka (diminutive)
- Czech: liška
- Lower Sorbian: liška
- Polish: liszka
- Upper Sorbian: liška

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: лис (lis)
- Ukrainian: лис (lys)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: лисъ (lisŭ)
- Bulgarian: лисица (lisica)
- Serbo-Croatian: lìsica
West Slavic:
- Polish: lis
- Czech: lišák, lišče, lištička

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lisъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279: “m. o ‘fox’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “lisъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 101)”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lisъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279: “m. o ‘fox’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “lisъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 101)”