Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěkařь

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 *lěkъ +‎ *-āřь. Compare Swedish läkare.

Noun

*lěkařь m

1. healer

Declension

Declension of *lěkařь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lěkařь	*lěkařa	*lěkaři
genitive	*lěkařa	*lěkařu	*lěkařь
dative	*lěkařu	*lěkařema	*lěkařemъ
accusative	*lěkařь	*lěkařa	*lěkařę̇
instrumental	*lěkařьmь, *lěkařemь*	*lěkařema	*lěkaři
locative	*lěkaři	*lěkařu	*lěkařixъ
vocative	*lěkařu	*lěkařa	*lěkaři

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ле́кар (ljékar)
  • Russian: ле́карь (lékarʹ)
  • Ukrainian: лі́кар (líkar)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ле́кар (lékar)
  • Macedonian: лекар (lekar)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: лѐка̄р, љѐка̄р

    Latin script: lèkār, ljèkār

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: lékař
    • Czech: lékař
  • Old Polish: lekarz
    • Polish: lekarz
    • Silesian: lykŏrz
  • Old Slovak: lekár
    • Pannonian Rusyn: лїкар (ljikar)
    • Slovak: lekár
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: lékôrz
    • Slovincian: lékorz
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: lěkaŕ

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лека́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ле́карь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress