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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/laskavъ

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 *laskati (to caress, to flatter) + *-vъ.

Adjective

*laskavъ

  1. flattering, adulatory

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ла́ска́вы (láskávy)
    • Russian: ла́сковый (láskovyj)
    • Ukrainian: ласка́вий (laskávyj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: ласкавъ (laskavŭ)
    • Bulgarian: ла́скав (láskav)
    • Macedonian: ласкав (laskav)
    • Slovene: láskav (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*laskavъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 39
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