Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lovьcь

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 *lovъ +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*lovьcь m

hunter

Declension

Declension of *lovьcь (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lovьcь	*lovьca	*lovьci
genitive	*lovьca	*lovьcu	*lovьcь
dative	*lovьcu	*lovьcema	*lovьcemъ
accusative	*lovьcь	*lovьca	*lovьcę̇
instrumental	lovьcьmь, lovьcemь^*	*lovьcema	*lovьci
locative	*lovьci	*lovьcu	*lovьcixъ
vocative	*lovьče	*lovьca	*lovьci

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

Derived terms

*lovьčьskъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ловьць (lovĭcĭ)
  - Russian: лове́ц (lovéc)
  - Middle Ukrainian: ловецъ (lovecʹ)^[1]
    - Ukrainian: лове́ць (lovécʹ)
  - Middle Belarusian: ловецъ (lovecʹ)^[2]
    - Belarusian: лаве́ц (lavjéc)
      - (Turov): лове́ц (lovjéc)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: ловьць (lovĭcĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰾⱁⰲⱐⱌⱐ (lovĭcĭ)
- Bulgarian: лове́ц (lovéc)
- Macedonian: ловец (lovec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ло́вац
  
  Latin script: lóvac
  - Chakavian (Orbanići): lovȁc
  - Chakavian (Kukljica): lȍvac
  - Chakavian (Vela Traba): lovȁc
  - Chakavian (Trogir): lovãc
  - Chakavian (Grobnik): lovȁc
  - Chakavian (Zaglav, Dugi otok): lȍvac
  - Kajkavian (Ozalj): lóvəc
- Slovene: lóvec (tonal orthography)
  - (Črni vrh, Idrija): łȍu̯c
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: lovec
  - Czech: lovec
- Old Polish: łowiec
  - Polish: łowiec
- Slovak: lovec
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: łowc (archaic)

^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “ловецъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 553
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[1] Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “ловецъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 553

[2] {The template Template:R:zle-mbe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s): url=ловец
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