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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lučьjь

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 *laukijas, from *laukīˀtei + *-jas. Morphologically analyzable as Proto-Slavic *lučiti + *-jь.

Adjective

*lùčьjь

  1. better; comparative degree of *dobrъ
    Synonym: *uňьjь
    Antonym: *gořьjь

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лучии (lučij), лучеи (lučei), лучьи (lučĭj), луче (luče), лучше (lučše)
    • Old Novgorodian: лоуции (lucij)[3]
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: лоучии (lučij)
      Glagolitic: ⰾⱆⱍⰺⰺ (lučii)
      • Church Slavonic: лоучии (lučij) (Serbian); лучии (lučij) (Russian)

Further reading

References

  1. Chikalo, M. I., editor (2013), лучше”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 16 (легкомыслность – лѧчи), Lviv: Krypiakevych I.U.S., →ISBN, page 117
  2. Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1924), лу́чче”, in Словарь української мови [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), volume 1: А – Н, Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo, page 919
  3. Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), ”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (Studia philologica) (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 756 of 872
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