Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lysъka

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

Noun

*lysъka f

  1. coot (any bird of the genus Fulica)

Inflection

Declension of *lysъka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lysъka *lysъcě *lysъky
genitive *lysъky *lysъku *lysъkъ
dative *lysъcě *lysъkama *lysъkamъ
accusative *lysъkǫ *lysъcě *lysъky
instrumental *lysъkojǫ, *lysъkǫ** *lysъkama *lysъkami
locative *lysъcě *lysъku *lysъkasъ, *lysъkaxъ*
vocative *lysъko *lysъcě *lysъky

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: ли́ска (líska)
    • Russian: лы́ска (lýska)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lysъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 50
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