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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lasъ

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *las- (eager).

Cognate with Sanskrit लषति (laṣati), Ancient Greek λιλαίομαι (lilaíomai) and Latin lascīvus.

Adjective

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*lasъ

  1. avaricious

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ла́сы (lásy)
    • Russian: ла́сый (lásyj)
    • Ukrainian: ла́сий (lásyj)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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