Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěpidlo

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *lěpiti (“to stick, to smear”) +‎ *-dlo.

Noun

*lěpìdlo n

  1. clay
  2. glue (orig. mash of resin, flour, or starch used as a glue)

Declension

Declension of *lěpidlo (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lěpidlo *lěpidlě *lěpidla
genitive *lěpidla *lěpidlu *lěpidlъ
dative *lěpidlu *lěpidloma *lěpidlomъ
accusative *lěpidlo *lěpidlě *lěpidla
instrumental *lěpidlъmь, *lěpidlomь* *lěpidloma *lěpidly
locative *lěpidlě *lěpidlu *lěpidlěxъ
vocative *lěpidlo *lěpidlě *lěpidla

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

  • *lěpъ (“beautiful, sticky”)
    • *lěpъka (“sticky object (plant, tape, etc.)”)
  • *lěpivo (“glue”)
  • *lěpostь, *lěpota (“stickiness, beauty”)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: лепи́ло (lepílo)
    • Macedonian: ле́пило (lépilo)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: лѐпило
      Latin script: lèpilo
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lěpidlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 216
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лепило”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 364
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