Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lice

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 early *liko, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léika, from Proto-Indo-European *léykom (cheek). Baltic cognates include Old Prussian laygnan (cheek). Indo-European cognates include Old Irish lecca (jaw, cheek).[1]

Noun

*līcè n[1][2]

  1. cheek
  2. face

Inflection

Declension of *līcè (s-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *līcè *līčèsi *līčèsā
genitive *līčèse *līčèsu *līčèsъ
dative *līčèsi *līčèsьma *līčèsьmъ
accusative *līcè *līčèsi *līčèsā
instrumental *līčèsьmь *līčèsьma *līčèsȳ
locative *līčèse *līčèsu *līčèsьxъ
vocative *līcè *līčèsi *līčèsā
Declension of *līcè (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *līcè *lĩci *lĩca
genitive *līcà *licu *lĩcь
dative *līcù *licema *lĩcemъ
accusative *līcè *lĩci *lĩca
instrumental *līcь̀mь, *līcèmь* *licema *lĩci
locative *līcì *licu *lĩcixъ
vocative *līcè *lĩci *lĩca

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

Derived terms

  • *licedějь
  • *liceměrъ
    • *liceměriti
      • *liceměrьje
    • *liceměrьnъ
    • *liceměrьstvo
  • *licevati
  • *licevъ
  • *ličina
  • *ličiti
    • *ličati
      • *orzličati
    • *ličьba
    • *ličьdlo
    • *ličьmanъ
    • *obličiti
      • *obličati
      • *obličenьje
  • *ličьje
  • *ličьnъ
    • *sъličьnъ
  • *naličьje
  • *naličьnъ
    • *naličьnikъ, *naličьnica

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лице́ (licé), лицо́ (licó)
      • Belarusian: ліце́ (licjé), ліцо́ (licó) (dial.)
      • Russian: лицо́ (licó)
      • Ukrainian: лице́ (lycé)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: лице (lice)
      Glagolitic: ⰾⰻⱌⰵ (lice)
    • Bulgarian: лице́ (licé)
    • Macedonian: лице (lice)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ли́це
      Latin script: líce
    • Slovene: līce (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лицо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lice”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 75

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*līcè”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278:n. jo (b) ‘cheek, face’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “?lice”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b ansigt, person (PR 135; MP 24)