Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lъžica

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 *lъga (“bending”) +‎ *-ica. An alternative variant of *lyžьka.^[1]

Noun

*lъžica f^[1]^[2]

spoon

Inflection

Declension of *lъžica (soft a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lъžica	*lъžici	*lъžicę̇
genitive	*lъžicę̇	*lъžicu	*lъžicь
dative	*lъžici	*lъžicama	*lъžicamъ
accusative	*lъžicǫ	*lъžici	*lъžicę̇
instrumental	lъžicejǫ, lъžicǫ^**	*lъžicama	*lъžicami
locative	*lъžici	*lъžicu	lъžicasъ, lъžicaxъ^*
vocative	*lъžice	*lъžici	*lъžicę̇

^* -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).

Derived terms

*lъžičьka (“teaspoon”)
*lъžičarjь (“spoon maker”)

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: лъжи́ца (lǎžíca)
- Macedonian: лажица (lažica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: жли̏ца
  
  Latin script: žlȉca
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: lžícě
  - Czech: lžíce
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): žíce
    - Moravian (Mistřice): užica
- Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: łžyca
  
  Upper Sorbian: łžica

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lъžica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 257
^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[1], University of Vienna, page 6: “*lъži̋ca”

[ESSJa-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lъžica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 257

[2] Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[1], University of Vienna, page 6: “*lъži̋ca”

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