Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěxa

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *laišāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lóyseh₂ (“following, track; furrow”), from *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”). Cognate with Lithuanian lýsė (“garden bed”), Old Prussian lyso (“field bed”), Latin līra, Proto-Germanic *laisō.

Noun

*lě̄xà f^[1]^[2]

strip of land, bed

Inflection

Declension of *lě̄xà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lě̄xà	*lě̃śě	*lě̄xỳ
genitive	*lě̄xỳ	*lě̄xù	*lě̃xъ
dative	*lě̄śě̀	*lě̄xàma	*lě̄xàmъ
accusative	*lě̄xǫ̀	*lě̃śě	*lě̄xỳ
instrumental	lě̄xòjǫ, lě̃xǫ^**	*lě̄xàma	*lě̄xàmī
locative	*lě̄śě̀	*lě̄xù	lě̄xàsъ, lě̄xàxъ^*
vocative	*lěxo	*lě̃śě	*lě̄xỳ

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian:
- Russian: леха́ (lexá), ле́ха (léxa) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: ліха́ (lixá), ляха́ (ljaxá)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: лѣха (lěxa)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰾⱑⱈⰰ (lěxa)
- Bulgarian: леха́ (lehá)
- Macedonian: ле́а (léa)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: лијѐха, ле́ха, liha, ле́ја, лија
  
  Latin script: lijèha, léha, liha, léja, lija; (Chakavian) ljehȁ, ljȇho
- Slovene: lẹ́ha
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: lécha
  - Czech: lícha (obsolete)
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): líha
- Kashubian: lécha
- Old Polish: lecha
  - Polish: lecha (obsolete)
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: lěcha
  - Lower Sorbian: lěcha

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̄xà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272: “f. ā (b) ‘strip of land, bed’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lěxa lěxy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bed for cultivation (NA 89, 141; SA 20)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̄xà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272: “f. ā (b) ‘strip of land, bed’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “lěxa lěxy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bed for cultivation (NA 89, 141; SA 20)”

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