Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/leščь

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

Alternative forms

• *ľaščь, *dleščь, *kleščь, *pleščь

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “see Происхождение общеславянских названий рыб s.65”)

Compare Latvian leste.

Noun

*leščь m

1. bream, carp bream

Inflection

Declension of *leščь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*leščь	*lešča	*lešči
genitive	*lešča	*lešču	*leščь
dative	*lešču	*leščema	*leščemъ
accusative	*leščь	*lešča	*leščę̇
instrumental	*leščьmь, *leščemь*	*leščema	*lešči
locative	*lešči	*lešču	*leščixъ
vocative	*lešču	*lešča	*lešči

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лещь (leščĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: лещъ (lešč), лꙗщъ (ljašč)
      • Belarusian: лешч (lješč); ляшч (ljašč) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: лящ (ljašč); лещ (lešč), ліщ (lišč), ляш (ljaš), леш (leš) (dialectal)
    • Russian: лещ (lešč); лящ (ljašč) (dialectal)
      • → Slovak: lešť (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: лещь (leštʹ) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: leszcz
    • Polish: leszcz
      • → Czech: lešť
  • Pomeranian:
    • Slovincian: lešč

• From *kleščь

• East Slavic:
  • Old Novgorodian: клещь (kleśćĭ)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: kleszcz
    • Polish: klesczcz (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: klešč

Further reading

• Kolomijec, V. T. (1983) Происхождение общеславянских названий рыб [The Origin of the Common Slavic Names of Fish] (К IX Международному съезду славистов) (in Russian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 65
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*leščь I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 142
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “лящ¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 345
• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1989), “лешч”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 5 (ка́яць – ліпя́нка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 296
• Vasmer, Max (1967) “лещ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 490