Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lǫčьje

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 *lękti (“to bend”) +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*lǫčьje n

rush

Inflection

Declension of *lǫčьje (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*lǫčьje	*lǫčьji	*lǫčьja
Accusative	*lǫčьje	*lǫčьji	*lǫčьja
Genitive	*lǫčьja	*lǫčьju	*lǫčьjь
Locative	*lǫčьji	*lǫčьju	*lǫčьjixъ
Dative	*lǫčьju	*lǫčьjema	*lǫčьjemъ
Instrumental	lǫčьjьmь, lǫčьjemь^*	*lǫčьjema	*lǫčьji
Vocative	*lǫčьje	*lǫčьji	*lǫčьja

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

Related terms

*lękati, *lęcati (“to set traps, to scare?”)
*lęťi (“to bend”)
*lękъ (“bent”)
*lǭčìti (“to separate”)
*lǭkà (“low-lying meadow”)
*lǫkàvъ (“curved, cunning”)
*lǫ̑kъ (“bow”)

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Church Slavonic: лѫчиѥ (lǫčije, “rush”)
- Slovene: ločje (“reed, rush”)
West Slavic:
- Polish: łącze (“snare”) (obsolete)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lǫčьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 288

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