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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lixodějь

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 *lixъ + *-dějь.

Noun

*lixodějь m

  1. evildoer, malefactor

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лиходѣи (lixoděi)
      • Old Ruthenian: лиходѣ́й (lixodě́j), лихадѣ́й (lixadě́j)
        • Belarusian: ліхадзе́й (lixadzjéj)
        • Ukrainian: лиході́й (lyxodíj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: лиходѣи (lixoděi)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lixodějь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 91
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