Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lopuxъ

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 *lopъ (leaf) +‎ *-uxъ.

Noun

*lopuxъ m

  1. burdock, any of several flowering plants of the genus Arctium
  2. butterbur (Petasites hybridus)

Declension

Declension of *lopuxъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lopuxъ *lopuxa *lopuśi
genitive *lopuxa *lopuxu *lopuxъ
dative *lopuxu *lopuxoma *lopuxomъ
accusative *lopuxъ *lopuxa *lopuxy
instrumental *lopuxъmь, *lopuxomь* *lopuxoma *lopuxy
locative *lopuśě *lopuxu *lopuśěxъ
vocative *lopuše *lopuxa *lopuśi

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: лопу́х (lopúx)
    • Russian: лопу́х (lopúx)
    • Ukrainian: лопу́х (lopúx)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: ло́пуш (lópuš), ло́пух (lópuh)
    • Macedonian: ло́пув (lópuv)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ло̀пӯх
      Latin script: lòpūh
    • Slovene: lopúh (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лопу́х”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress