Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/laska
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]*laska f
Declension
[edit]Declension of *laska (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *laska | *lascě | *lasky |
| genitive | *lasky | *lasku | *laskъ |
| dative | *lascě | *laskama | *laskamъ |
| accusative | *laskǫ | *lascě | *lasky |
| instrumental | *laskojǫ, *laskǫ** | *laskama | *laskami |
| locative | *lascě | *lasku | *laskasъ, *laskaxъ* |
| vocative | *lasko | *lascě | *lasky |
* -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).
** 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
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ла́ска (láska)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ла́ска”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress