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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lice

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 early *liko, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léika, from Proto-Indo-European *léykom. Baltic cognates include Old Prussian laygnan (“cheek”). Indo-European cognates include Old Irish lecca (“jaw, cheek”).

Noun

*līcè n[1][2]

  1. cheek
  2. face

Inflection
Declension of *līcè (s-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *līcè *līčèsi *līčèsā
Accusative *līcè *līčèsi *līčèsā
Genitive *līčèse *līčèsu *līčèsъ
Locative *līčèse *līčèsu *līčèsьxъ
Dative *līčèsi *līčèsьma *līčèsьmъ
Instrumental *līčèsьmь *līčèsьma *līčèsȳ
Vocative *līcè *līčèsi *līčèsā
Declension of *līcè (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *līcè *lĩci *lĩca
Accusative *līcè *lĩci *lĩca
Genitive *līcà *licu *lĩcь
Locative *līcì *licu *lĩcixъ
Dative *līcù *licema *lĩcemъ
Instrumental *līcь̀mь, *līcèmь* *licema *lĩci
Vocative *līcè *lĩci *lĩca
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • *licedějь
  • *liceměrъ
    • *liceměriti
      • *liceměrьje
    • *liceměrьnъ
    • *liceměrьstvo
  • *licevati
  • *licevъ
  • *ličina
  • *ličiti
    • *ličьba
    • *ličьmanъ
    • *obličiti
      • *obličati
      • *obličenьje
    • *ličati
      • *orzličati
    • *ličьdlo
  • *ličьje
  • *ličьnъ
    • *sъličьnъ
  • *naličьje
  • *naličьnъ
    • *naličьnikъ / *naličьnica

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лице́ (licé), лицо́ (licó)
      • Belarusian: ліце́ (licjé), ліцо́ (licó) (dial.)
      • Russian: лицо́ (licó)
      • Ukrainian: лице́ (lycé)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*līcè”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278: “n. jo (b) ‘cheek, face’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “?lice”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b ansigt, person (PR 135; MP 24)”
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