Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lǫčьje

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 *lęťi (“to bend”) +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*lǫčьje n

rush

Inflection

Declension of *lǫčьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lǫčьje	*lǫčьji	*lǫčьja
genitive	*lǫčьja	*lǫčьju	*lǫčьjь
dative	*lǫčьju	*lǫčьjema	*lǫčьjemъ
accusative	*lǫčьje	*lǫčьji	*lǫčьja
instrumental	lǫčьjьmь, lǫčьjemь^*	*lǫčьjema	*lǫčьji
locative	*lǫčьji	*lǫčьju	*lǫčьjixъ
vocative	*lǫčьje	*lǫčьji	*lǫčьja

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

Related terms

*lękati, *lęcati (“to set traps, to scare?”)
*lęťi (“to bend”)
*lękъ (“bent”)
*lǭčìti (“to separate”)
*lǭkà (“low-lying meadow”)
*lǫkàvъ (“curved, cunning”)
*lǫ̑kъ (“bow”)

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: лѫчьѥ (lǫčĭje)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰾⱘⱍⱐⰵ (lǫčĭe)
- Slovene: ločje (“reed, rush”)
West Slavic:
- Polish: łącze

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lǫčьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 288
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lǫčьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 134