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

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lučьjь / *luče / *lučьši”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 164

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), numbers 16 (легкомыслность – лѧчи), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 117
  2. Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1924), “лу́чче”, in Словарь української мови [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: А – Н, Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo, page 919
  3. Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “Proto-Slavic/lučьjь”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 756
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