Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lijь

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 *lьjati, from *liti (“to pour”).

Noun

*lijь m

funnel

Declension

Declension of *lijь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lijь	*lija	*liji
genitive	*lija	*liju	*lijь
dative	*liju	*lijema	*lijemъ
accusative	*lijь	*lija	*liję̇
instrumental	lijьmь, lijemь^*	*lijema	*liji
locative	*liji	*liju	*lijixъ
vocative	*liju	*lija	*liji

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лии (lii)
  - Russian: лиёк (lijók)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ли̏ј, ли̏јак
  
  Latin: lȉj, lȉjak
- Slovene: lȋj
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: lej, lij
  - Polish: lejek, lej

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lijь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 104

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