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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lixva
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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
Borrowed from Gothic *𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍈𐌰 (*leiƕa), from 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 (leiƕan, “to lend”), from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną (“to lend”), from Proto-Indo-European *léykʷt, from *leykʷ- (“to leave”).
Inflection
Declension of *lixva (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lixva | *lixvě | *lixvy |
| genitive | *lixvy | *lixvu | *lixvъ |
| dative | *lixvě | *lixvama | *lixvamъ |
| accusative | *lixvǫ | *lixvě | *lixvy |
| instrumental | *lixvojǫ, *lixvǫ** | *lixvama | *lixvami |
| locative | *lixvě | *lixvu | *lixvasъ, *lixvaxъ* |
| vocative | *lixvo | *lixvě | *lixvy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ли́хва́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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