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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/luspa

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

Of uncertain exact origin, but clearly related to Proto-Slavic *luska and Latvian làuskas (“flakes”) (pl).

Noun

*luspa f

  1. peel, shell, scale, pod

Declension
Declension of *luspa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *luspa *luspě *luspy
genitive *luspy *luspu *luspъ
dative *luspě *luspama *luspamъ
accusative *luspǫ *luspě *luspy
instrumental *luspojǫ, *luspǫ** *luspama *luspami
locative *luspě *luspu *luspasъ, *luspaxъ*
vocative *luspo *luspě *luspy
* -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).
  • *luščiti (“to peel”)
  • *luska (“shell, pod”)
  • *luzga (“(fish) scales”)

Derived terms
  • *luspajь
  • *luspakъ
  • *luspati (sę)
  • *luspavъ
  • *luspina
  • *luspiti (sę)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лꙋспа (luspa)
      • Belarusian: лушпа́ (lušpá) (dialectal)
      • Russian: луспа (luspa)
      • Ukrainian: лушпа́ (lušpá) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Church Slavonic: лоуспа (luspa)
    • Bulgarian: люспа (ljuspa)
    • Macedonian: лушпа (lušpa)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: љу̏спа
      Unspecified script:

References
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*luspa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 292
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*luspa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 199
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “луспа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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