Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lemexъ

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

An alternative form of *lemešь. See there for details.

Noun

*lemexъ m[1]

  1. ploughshare
  2. plough

Inflection

Declension of *lemexъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lemexъ *lemexa *lemeśi
genitive *lemexa *lemexu *lemexъ
dative *lemexu *lemexoma *lemexomъ
accusative *lemexъ *lemexa *lemexy
instrumental *lemexъmь, *lemexomь* *lemexoma *lemexy
locative *lemeśě *lemexu *lemeśěxъ
vocative *lemeše *lemexa *lemeśi

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

Synonyms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лемехъ (lemexŭ, ploughshare)
    • Belarusian: ле́мех (ljémjex, ploughshare)
    • Russian: ле́мех (lémex, ploughshare)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: lemech (back of a chair) (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lemexъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 271:m. o ‘ploughshare, plough’