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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slizь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
Continues forms of the root Proto-Indo-European *(s)ley- (“to slide, to lick”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *slīkaz (“slick, smooth”).
Declension
Declension of *slizь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *slizь | *slizi | *slizi |
Accusative | *slizь | *slizi | *slizi |
Genitive | *slizi | *slizьju, *sližu* | *slizьjь, *slizi* |
Locative | *slizi | *slizьju, *sližu* | *slizьxъ |
Dative | *slizi | *slizьma | *slizьmъ |
Instrumental | *slizьjǫ, *sližǫ* | *slizьma | *slizьmi |
Vocative | *slizi | *slizi | *slizi |
* 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).
Related terms
- *liga (“saliva”)
Derived terms
- *slizеstъ (“slimy”)
- *slizostь (“slipperiness”)
- *slizъkъ (“slippery”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “слизь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
- Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (2002), “слиз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 876
Etymology 2
From an earlier *slizъ, of the same root as the i-stem. In Czech, this form has merged with the i-stem.
Declension
Declension of *slizь (soft o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *slizь | *sliza | *slizi |
Accusative | *slizь | *sliza | *slizę̇ |
Genitive | *sliza | *slizu | *slizь |
Locative | *slizi | *slizu | *slizixъ |
Dative | *slizu | *slizema | *slizemъ |
Instrumental | *slizьmь, *slizemь* | *slizema | *slizi |
Vocative | *slizu | *sliza | *slizi |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “слиз”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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