Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lǫkavьstvo

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 *lǫkavъ (cunning) +‎ *-ьstvo.

Noun

*lǫkavьstvo n

  1. cunningness, wickedness

Declension

Declension of *lǫkavьstvo (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lǫkavьstvo *lǫkavьstvě *lǫkavьstva
genitive *lǫkavьstva *lǫkavьstvu *lǫkavьstvъ
dative *lǫkavьstvu *lǫkavьstvoma *lǫkavьstvomъ
accusative *lǫkavьstvo *lǫkavьstvě *lǫkavьstva
instrumental *lǫkavьstvъmь, *lǫkavьstvomь* *lǫkavьstvoma *lǫkavьstvy
locative *lǫkavьstvě *lǫkavьstvu *lǫkavьstvěxъ
vocative *lǫkavьstvo *lǫkavьstvě *lǫkavьstva

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лукавьство (lukavĭstvo)
  • South Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lǫkavьstvo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 145