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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lǫkъ

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 *lankás. Related to the verb *lęťi (“to bend”). Cognate with Lithuanian lañkas (“bow, arc”) and Latvian loks (“bow; arch”).

Noun

*lǫ̑kъ m[1][2]

  1. bow (weapon used for shooting arrows)

Declension
Declension of *lǫ̑kъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *lǫ̑kъ *lǫ̑ka *lǫ̑ci
genitive *lǫ̑ka *lǫkù *lǫ̃kъ
dative *lǫ̑ku *lǫkomà *lǫkòmъ
accusative *lǫ̑kъ *lǫ̑ka *lǫ̑ky
instrumental *lǫ̑kъmь, *lǫ̑komь* *lǫkomà *lǫký
locative *lǫ̑cě *lǫkù *lǫcě̃xъ
vocative *lǫče *lǫ̑ka *lǫ̑ci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: лук (luk)
    • Russian: лук (luk)
    • Ukrainian: лук (luk)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: лѫкъ (lǫkŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰾⱘⰽⱏ (lǫkŭ)
    • Bulgarian: лък (lǎk), лънк (lǎnk) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: лак (lak)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: лу̑к
      Latin script: lȗk
    • Slovene: lọ̑k (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лук”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lǫ̑kъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 289: “m. o (c) ‘bow’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “lǫkъ lǫka”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d hoop, arc; bow (NA 100; SA 22; OSA 41; PR 137)”
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