Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lędvьje

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

From Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-. Cognates include Latin lumbus, Proto-Germanic *landį̄, Sanskrit रन्ध्र (rándhra).

Noun

*lędvьje n [1]

loins

Inflection

Declension of *lędvьje (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*lędvьje	*lędvьji	*lędvьja
Accusative	*lędvьje	*lędvьji	*lędvьja
Genitive	*lędvьja	*lędvьju	*lędvьjь
Locative	*lędvьji	*lędvьju	*lędvьjixъ
Dative	*lędvьju	*lędvьjema	*lędvьjemъ
Instrumental	lędvьjьmь, lędvьjemь^*	*lędvьjema	*lędvьji
Vocative	*lędvьje	*lędvьji	*lędvьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

*lędvьja

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: ля́двея f (ljádveja, Nsg.) (archaic)
- Ukrainian: лі́дви (lídvy)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: лѧдвиѩ f (lędviję, Npl.)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰾⱔⰴⰲⰻⱗ (lędviję)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: лéђа n (Npl.), лȅдва n (Npl.), лȅдва f (Nsg.)
  
  Latin: [Term?]
- Slovene: ledija f (Nsg.), ledeja f (Nsg.), ledevje n (Nsg.), ledovje n (Nsg.), ledje n (Nsg.), ledje f (Npl.), ledvije f (Npl.).
West Slavic:
- Czech: ledví n (Nsg.) (archaic), ladví n (Nsg.) (archaic)
- Polish: lędźwie f (Npl.)
- Slovak: ľadvie n (Nsg.) (archaic), ľadva f (Nsg.)
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: laźijo
  - Upper Sorbian: ledźba

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lędvьje; *lędvьja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 276: “n. io; f. iā ‘loins’”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lędvьje; *lędvьja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 276: “n. io; f. iā ‘loins’”