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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěsъ

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

Perhaps cognate with Proto-Germanic *lēswō (“pasture”), in which case, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁s-u-.

Noun

*lě̑sъ m[1][2]

  1. forest, woods

Declension
Declension of *lě̑sъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *lě̑sъ *lě̑sa *lě̑si
genitive *lě̑sa *lěsù *lě̃sъ
dative *lě̑su *lěsomà *lěsòmъ
accusative *lě̑sъ *lě̑sa *lě̑sy
instrumental *lě̑sъmь, *lě̑somь* *lěsomà *lěsý
locative *lě̑sě *lěsù *lěsě̃xъ
vocative *lěse *lě̑sa *lě̑si
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лѣсъ (lěsŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: лѣсъ (lěs)
      • Russian: лес (les)
    • Old Novgorodian: *лѣсе (*lěse)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

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

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̑sъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 274: “m. o (c) ‘forest, wood(s)’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “lěsъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 157, 177; PR 137; RPT 98, 102)”
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