Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěnivъ

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 *lěnь (“laziness”) +‎ *-ivъ.

Adjective

*lěnìvъ

1. lazy
2. sluggish

Related terms

• *lěnь
• *lětь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ляні́вы (ljanívy)
  • Russian: лени́вый (lenívyj)
  • Ukrainian: ліни́вий (linývyj)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: лѣнивъ (lěnivŭ, “lazy”)

    Glagolitic: ⰾⱑⱀⰻⰲⱏ (lěnivŭ)

  • Bulgarian: лени́в (lenív, “lazy, sluggish”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Unspecified script: [Term?] (“lazy”)

    Latin script: ljèniv

  • Slovene: lenìv (“lazy, sluggish”)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: lenivý (“lazy, sluggish”)
  • Polish: leniwy (“lazy, sluggish”)
  • Slovak: lenivý (“lazy, sluggish”)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: lěniwy

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лени́вый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress