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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lučь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *laukis, from Proto-Indo-European *lowkis, from *lewk- (“white; light; bright”).

Baltic cognates include Old Prussian luckis (“torch, log”).

Noun

*lũčь f[1][2]

  1. ray
  2. torch

Inflection
Declension of *lũčь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *lũčь *lūčì *lūčì
genitive *lũči *lũčьju, *luču* *lūčь̀jь, *lũči*
dative *lūčì *lũčьma *lūčь̀mъ
accusative *lũčь *lūčì *lūčì
instrumental *lũčьjǫ, *lũčǫ* *lũčьma *lũčьmī
locative *lũči *lũčьju, *luču* *lūčь̀xъ
vocative *luči *lūčì *lūčì
* 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).

Derived terms
  • *lučajь
  • *lučina
  • *lučьje
  • *lučьnъ
    • *lučьnica
    • *lučьnikъ
  • *luča (“ray, beam”)
  • *lučiti
  • *lučivo

Descendants
  • Church Slavonic: лучь (lučĭ) (Russian)
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лучь (lučĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: лучь (lučĭ), лоуча (luča)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: луч (luč), лъч (lǎč)
    • Macedonian: лач (lač)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: лу̑ч
      Latin script: lȗč
    • Slovene: lūč (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lučь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 163
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “луч”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 496
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “луч”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lúčь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 290: “f. i (b) ‘ray, torch’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “lučь luča”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b stråle (SA 126; RPT 97, 101f.)”
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