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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/listъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Cognate with Lithuanian laĩškas, láiškas (“letter”), Latvian laiska (“leaf of a flax stalk”), laiksne (“white water-lily”), and Old Prussian lāiskas (“book”). Baltic forms require pre-form of Proto-Balto-Slavic *laiskas, while Slavic forms require *leistas.

Noun

*lȋstъ m [1][2]

  1. leaf

Inflection
Declension of *lȋstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *lȋstъ *lȋsta *lȋsti
Accusative *lȋstъ *lȋsta *lȋsty
Genitive *lȋsta *listù *lĩstъ
Locative *lȋstě *listù *listě̃xъ
Dative *lȋstu *listomà *listòmъ
Instrumental *lȋstъmь, *lȋstomь* *listomà *listý
Vocative *liste *lȋsta *lȋsti
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • (Collective) *listarь, *listьje, *listva, *listvьje, *listovьje
  • (Diminutive) *listъkъ, *listьcь
  • (Having leaves) *listatъ, *listovatъ, *listvьnъ
  • *listiti (“to leaf”)
  • *listьnъ (“leaf”, adjective)
    • *listьnica
    • *listьnikъ
  • *listognojь
  • *listogryzъ
  • *listojědъ
  • *listopadъ
  • *listopǫkъ

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lȋstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279: “m. o (c) ‘leaf ’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “listъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156, 177; PR 137); d (OSA 142f.; RPT 97, 102)”
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