Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lǫčьje

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

From *lęťi (“to bend”) +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*lǫčьje n

1. rush

Inflection

Declension of *lǫčьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lǫčьje	*lǫčьji	*lǫčьja
genitive	*lǫčьja	*lǫčьju	*lǫčьjь
dative	*lǫčьju	*lǫčьjema	*lǫčьjemъ
accusative	*lǫčьje	*lǫčьji	*lǫčьja
instrumental	*lǫčьjьmь, *lǫčьjemь*	*lǫčьjema	*lǫčьji
locative	*lǫčьji	*lǫčьju	*lǫčьjixъ
vocative	*lǫčьje	*lǫčьji	*lǫčьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *lękati, *lęcati (“to set traps, to scare?”)
• *lęťi (“to bend”)
• *lękъ (“bent”)
• *lǭčìti (“to separate”)
• *lǭkà (“low-lying meadow”)
• *lǫkàvъ (“curved, cunning”)
• *lǫ̑kъ (“bow”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: лѫчиѥ (lǫčije, “rush”)
  • Slovene: ločje (“reed, rush”)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: łącze (“snare”) (obsolete)

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lǫčьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 288