Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěxa

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 *laišāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lóyseh₂ (“following, track; furrow”), from *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”). Cognate with Lithuanian lýsė (“garden bed”), Old Prussian lyso (“field bed”), Latin līra, Proto-Germanic *laisō.

Noun

*lě̄xà f

1. strip of land, bed

Inflection

Declension of *lě̄xà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lě̄xà	*lě̃śě	*lě̄xỳ
genitive	*lě̄xỳ	*lě̄xù	*lě̃xъ
dative	*lě̄śě̀	*lě̄xàma	*lě̄xàmъ
accusative	*lě̄xǫ̀	*lě̃śě	*lě̄xỳ
instrumental	*lě̄xòjǫ, *lě̃xǫ**	*lě̄xàma	*lě̄xàmī
locative	*lě̄śě̀	*lě̄xù	*lě̄xàsъ, *lě̄xàxъ*
vocative	*lěxo	*lě̃śě	*lě̄xỳ

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian:
  • Russian: леха́ (lexá), ле́ха (léxa) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: ліха́ (lixá), ляха́ (ljaxá)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: лѣха (lěxa)

    Glagolitic script: ⰾⱑⱈⰰ (lěxa)

  • Bulgarian: леха́ (lehá)
  • Macedonian: ле́а (léa)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: лијѐха, ле́ха, liha, ле́ја, лија

    Latin script: lijèha, léha, liha, léja, lija; (Chakavian) ljehȁ, ljȇho

  • Slovene: lẹ́ha
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: lécha
    • Czech: lícha (obsolete)
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): líha
  • Kashubian: lécha
  • Old Polish: lecha
    • Polish: lecha (obsolete)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: lěcha
    • Lower Sorbian: lěcha

Further reading

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