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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lęxъ

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 earlier *lędxъ, from *lęděninъ (“dweller of heath, uncultivated field”) +‎ *-xъ.

Noun

*lęxъ m[1]

  1. Hypocoristic form of *lęděninъ

Declension
Declension of *lęxъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lęxъ *lęxa *lęśi
genitive *lęxa *lęxu *lęxъ
dative *lęxu *lęxoma *lęxomъ
accusative *lęxъ *lęxa *lęxy
instrumental *lęxъmь, *lęxomь* *lęxoma *lęxy
locative *lęśě *lęxu *lęśěxъ
vocative *lęše *lęxa *lęśi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лѧхъ (lęxŭ, “Pole”)
      • Old Ruthenian: лѧхъ (ljax), лєхъ (ljex)
        • Belarusian: лях (ljax)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: Лях (Ljax)
        • Ukrainian: лях (ljax)
        • → Czech: Ľach (dialectal)
        • → Polish: Lach
        • → Romanian: leah
        • → Ottoman Turkish: له (leh)
      • Russian: лях (ljax) (see there for further descendants)
      • → Old Lithuanian:
  • South Slavic:
    • Church Slavonic: лѧси pl (lęsi, “Poland”) (Czech recension), лехъ (lexŭ), лѣхъ (lěxŭ, “Pole”) (Serbian recension)
      • → Byzantine Greek: Λέχοι pl (Lékhoi, “Poles”)
      • → Czech: Lech (“Pole”)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ле̏х (“Pole”) (obsolete)
      Latin script: lȅh (“Pole”) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lęxъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 57

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лях”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Sławski, Franciszek (1970-1974) “Lach”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes IV: La—Łapucha, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 17
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