Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lice
Proto-Slavic
Picture dictionary
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
Inflection
singular | dual | plural | |
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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 |
singular | dual | plural | |
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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
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 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’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “?lice”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b ansigt, person (PR 135; MP 24)”