лъжька

Old East Slavic

Лъжька.

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lъžьka. Cognates include Old Polish łyżka.

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈlʊʑɪkɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈlʊʑɪka/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔʑka/
• Hyphenation: лъ‧жь‧ка

Noun

лъжька (lŭžĭka) f

1. spoon

Declension

Declension of лъжька (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	лъжька lŭžĭka	лъжьцѣ lŭžĭcě	лъжькꙑ lŭžĭky
Genitive	лъжькꙑ lŭžĭky	лъжьку lŭžĭku	лъжькъ lŭžĭkŭ
Dative	лъжьцѣ lŭžĭcě	лъжькама lŭžĭkama	лъжькамъ lŭžĭkamŭ
Accusative	лъжькѫ lŭžĭkǫ	лъжьцѣ lŭžĭcě	лъжькꙑ lŭžĭky
Instrumental	лъжькоѭ lŭžĭkojǫ	лъжькама lŭžĭkama	лъжьками lŭžĭkami
Locative	лъжьцѣ lŭžĭcě	лъжьку lŭžĭku	лъжькахъ lŭžĭkaxŭ
Vocative	лъжько lŭžĭko	лъжьцѣ lŭžĭcě	лъжькꙑ lŭžĭky

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: ложка (ložka)
  • Belarusian: лы́жка (lýžka)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ло́жка (lóžka)
  • Ukrainian: ло́жка (lóžka)
• Russian: ло́жка (lóžka)
  • → Yakut: ньуоска (nyuoska)

Descendants of лъжька in other languages

• Finnic:
  • → Estonian: lusikas
  • → Finnish: lusikka
  • → Ingrian: lusikka
  • → Karelian:
    • North Karelian: lusikka
    • South Karelian: luzikka
  • → Livvi: luzikku
  • → Ludian: lužik
  • → Veps: luzik

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “лъжька”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 62