Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lъžь

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 *lugis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lewgʰ-.

Noun

*lъžь f

1. lie

Inflection

Declension of *lъžь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lъžь	*lъži	*lъži
genitive	*lъži	*lъžьju, *lъžu*	*lъžьjь, *lъži*
dative	*lъži	*lъžьma	*lъžьmъ
accusative	*lъžь	*lъži	*lъži
instrumental	*lъžьjǫ, *lъžǫ*	*lъžьma	*lъžьmi
locative	*lъži	*lъžьju, *lъžu*	*lъžьxъ
vocative	*lъži	*lъži	*lъži

^* 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:
  • Russian: ложь (ložʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: лъжь (lŭžĭ)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: лаж

    Latin script: laž

  • Slovene: lȃž (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: lež
    • Czech: lež
  • Polish: łeż (obsolete)
  • Slovak: lož

References

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