Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěnъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lēnas, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁-en-os, from *leh₁- (“lazy, slow”). Cognate with Latvian lēns (“lazy”), Lithuanian lė́nas (“lazy”), Latin lenis.
Adjective
Inflection
Indefinite declension of *lěnъ (hard, accent paradigm c)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | *lěnъ | *lěna | *lěno |
genitive | *lěna | *lěny | *lěna |
dative | *lěnu | *lěně | *lěnu |
accusative | *lěnъ | *lěnǫ | *lěno |
instrumental | *lěnomь | *lěnojǫ | *lěnomь |
locative | *lěně | *lěně | *lěně |
vocative | *lěne | *lěno | *lěno |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *lěna | *lěně | *lěně |
genitive | *lěnu | *lěnu | *lěnu |
dative | *lěnoma | *lěnama | *lěnoma |
accusative | *lěna | *lěně | *lěně |
instrumental | *lěnoma | *lěnama | *lěnoma |
locative | *lěnu | *lěnu | *lěnu |
vocative | *lěna | *lěně | *lěně |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *lěni | *lěny | *lěna |
genitive | *lěnъ | *lěnъ | *lěnъ |
dative | *lěnomъ | *lěnamъ | *lěnomъ |
accusative | *lěny | *lěny | *lěna |
instrumental | *lěny | *lěnami | *lěny |
locative | *lěněxъ | *lěnaxъ | *lěněxъ |
vocative | *lěni | *lěny | *lěna |
Definite declension of *lěnъ (hard, accent paradigm c)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *lěnъjь | *lěnaja | *lěnoje |
genitive | *lěnajego | *lěnyję̇ | *lěnajego |
dative | *lěnujemu | *lěněji | *lěnujemu |
accusative | *lěnъjь | *lěnǫjǫ | *lěnoje |
instrumental | *lěnyjimь | *lěnǫjǫ | *lěnyjimь |
locative | *lěnějemь | *lěněji | *lěnějemь |
vocative | *lěnъjь | *lěnaja | *lěnoje |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *lěnaja | *lěněji | *lěněji |
genitive | *lěnuju | *lěnuju | *lěnuju |
dative | *lěnyjima | *lěnyjima | *lěnyjima |
accusative | *lěnaja | *lěněji | *lěněji |
instrumental | *lěnyjima | *lěnyjima | *lěnyjima |
locative | *lěnuju | *lěnuju | *lěnuju |
vocative | *lěnaja | *lěněji | *lěněji |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *lěniji | *lěnyję̇ | *lěnaja |
genitive | *lěnъjixъ | *lěnъjixъ | *lěnъjixъ |
dative | *lěnyjimъ | *lěnyjimъ | *lěnyjimъ |
accusative | *lěnyję̇ | *lěnyję̇ | *lěnaja |
instrumental | *lěnyjimi | *lěnyjimi | *lěnyjimi |
locative | *lěnyjixъ | *lěnyjixъ | *lěnyjixъ |
vocative | *lěniji | *lěnyję̇ | *lěnaja |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̑nъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 273: “adj. o (c) ‘lazy, slow’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lěnъ lěna lěno”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c doven (SA 109, 111, 114, 122, 199; PR 138)”