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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lučь
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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”).
Inflection
Declension of *lũčь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *lũčь | *lūčì | *lūčì |
| Accusative | *lũčь | *lūčì | *lūčì |
| Genitive | *lũči | *lũčьju, *luču* | *lūčь̀jь, *lũči* |
| Locative | *lũči | *lũčьju, *luču* | *lūčь̀xъ |
| Dative | *lūčì | *lũčьma | *lūčь̀mъ |
| Instrumental | *lũčьjǫ, *lũčǫ* | *lũčьma | *lũčьmī |
| 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
Related terms
- *luča (“ray, beam”)
- *lučiti
- *lučivo
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: лучь (lučĭ) (Russian)
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lučь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 163
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “луч”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 496
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “луч”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lúčь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 290: “f. i (b) ‘ray, torch’”
- 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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