Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/leščь

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

Alternative forms

  • *ľaščь, *dleščь, *kleščь, *pleščь

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “see Происхождение общеславянских названий рыб s.65”)

Compare Latvian leste.

Noun

*leščь m

  1. bream, carp bream

Inflection

Declension of *leščь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *leščь *lešča *lešči
genitive *lešča *lešču *leščь
dative *lešču *leščema *leščemъ
accusative *leščь *lešča *leščę̇
instrumental *leščьmь, *leščemь* *leščema *lešči
locative *lešči *lešču *leščixъ
vocative *lešču *lešča *lešči

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лещь (leščĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: лещъ (lešč), лꙗщъ (ljašč)
        • Belarusian: лешч (lješč); ляшч (ljašč) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: лящ (ljašč); лещ (lešč), ліщ (lišč), ляш (ljaš), леш (leš) (dialectal)
      • Russian: лещ (lešč); лящ (ljašč) (dialectal)
        • → Slovak: lešť (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: лещь (leštʹ) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
  • From *kleščь
  • East Slavic:
    • Old Novgorodian: клещь (kleśćĭ)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: kleszcz
      • Polish: klesczcz (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: klešč

Further reading

  • Kolomijec, V. T. (1983) Происхождение общеславянских названий рыб [The Origin of the Common Slavic Names of Fish] (К IX Международному съезду славистов) (in Russian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 65
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*leščь I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 142
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “лящ¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 345
  • Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1989), “лешч”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 5 (ка́яць – ліпя́нка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 296
  • Vasmer, Max (1967) “лещ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 490
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