Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěvakъ

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 *lěvъ (“left”) +‎ *-akъ.

Noun

*lěvakъ m

  1. left-handed

Declension

Declension of *lěvakъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lěvakъ *lěvaka *lěvaci
genitive *lěvaka *lěvaku *lěvakъ
dative *lěvaku *lěvakoma *lěvakomъ
accusative *lěvakъ *lěvaka *lěvaky
instrumental *lěvakъmь, *lěvakomь* *lěvakoma *lěvaky
locative *lěvacě *lěvaku *lěvacěxъ
vocative *lěvače *lěvaka *lěvaci

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: лева́к (levák)
    • Ukrainian: ліва́к (livák)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: levák
    • Polish: lewak; lewok (dialectal)
    • Slovak: ľavák; levák (dialectal)
    • Pomeranian:
      • Slovincian: levok

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lěvakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 26
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