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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lъžica

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 *lъga (“bending”) +‎ *-ica. An alternative variant of *lyžьka.

Noun

*lъžica f [1][2]

  1. spoon

Inflection
Declension of *lъžica (soft a-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *lъžica *lъžici *lъžicę̇
Accusative *lъžicǫ *lъžici *lъžicę̇
Genitive *lъžicę̇ *lъžicu *lъžicь
Locative *lъžici *lъžicu *lъžicasъ, *lъžicaxъ*
Dative *lъžici *lъžicama *lъžicamъ
Instrumental *lъžicejǫ, *lъžicǫ** *lъžicama *lъžicami
Vocative *lъžice *lъžici *lъžicę̇
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms
  • *lъžičьka (“teaspoon”)
  • *lъžičarjь (“spoon maker”)

Descendants

References
  1. Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎, University of Vienna, page 6: “*lъži̋ca”
  2. Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lъžica”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 16, Moscow: Nauka, page 257
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