Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěnь
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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
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Noun
*lěnь f[1]
Declension
Declension of *lěnь (i-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lěnь | *lěni | *lěni |
| genitive | *lěni | *lěnьju, *lěňu* | *lěnьjь, *lěni* |
| dative | *lěni | *lěnьma | *lěnьmъ |
| accusative | *lěnь | *lěni | *lěni |
| instrumental | *lěnьjǫ, *lěňǫ* | *lěnьma | *lěnьmi |
| locative | *lěni | *lěnьju, *lěňu* | *lěnьxъ |
| vocative | *lěni | *lěni | *lěni |
* 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).
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
- West Slavic:
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=. (obsolete, dialectal)
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=. (poetic, dialectal)
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: lěni
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lěnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 273: “f. i ‘laziness’”