Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěnivъ
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *lěnь (“laziness”) + *-ivъ.
Adjective
[edit]*lěnìvъ[1]
Inflection
[edit]| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lěnivъ | *lěniva | *lěnivo |
| genitive | *lěniva | *lěnivy | *lěniva |
| dative | *lěnivu | *lěnivě | *lěnivu |
| accusative | *lěnivъ | *lěnivǫ | *lěnivo |
| instrumental | *lěnivomь | *lěnivojǫ | *lěnivomь |
| locative | *lěnivě | *lěnivě | *lěnivě |
| vocative | *lěnive | *lěnivo | *lěnivo |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *lěniva | *lěnivě | *lěnivě |
| genitive | *lěnivu | *lěnivu | *lěnivu |
| dative | *lěnivoma | *lěnivama | *lěnivoma |
| accusative | *lěniva | *lěnivě | *lěnivě |
| instrumental | *lěnivoma | *lěnivama | *lěnivoma |
| locative | *lěnivu | *lěnivu | *lěnivu |
| vocative | *lěniva | *lěnivě | *lěnivě |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *lěnivi | *lěnivy | *lěniva |
| genitive | *lěnivъ | *lěnivъ | *lěnivъ |
| dative | *lěnivomъ | *lěnivamъ | *lěnivomъ |
| accusative | *lěnivy | *lěnivy | *lěniva |
| instrumental | *lěnivy | *lěnivami | *lěnivy |
| locative | *lěnivěxъ | *lěnivaxъ | *lěnivěxъ |
| vocative | *lěnivi | *lěnivy | *lěniva |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лени́вый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lěnìvъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272: “adj. ‘lazy, sluggish’”