Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lijь

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 *lьjati, from *liti (to pour).

Noun

*lijь m

  1. funnel

Declension

Declension of *lijь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lijь *lija *liji
genitive *lija *liju *lijь
dative *liju *lijema *lijemъ
accusative *lijь *lija *liję̇
instrumental *lijьmь, *lijemь* *lijema *liji
locative *liji *liju *lijixъ
vocative *liju *lija *liji

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лии (lii)
      • Russian: лиёк (lijók)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ли̏ј, ли̏јак
      Latin: lȉj, lȉjak
    • Slovene: lȋj
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lijь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 104