Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lisъ

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 *lisa +‎ *-ъ. For details see *lisa.

Noun

*lìsъ m^[1]^[2]^[3]

fox

Declension

Declension of *lìsъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lìsъ	*lìsa	*lìsi
genitive	*lìsa	*lìsu	*lìsъ
dative	*lìsu	*lìsoma	*lìsomъ
accusative	*lìsъ	*lìsa	*lìsy
instrumental	lìsъmь, lìsomь^*	*lìsoma	*lìsȳ
locative	*lìsě	*lìsu	*lìsě̄xъ
vocative	*lìse	*lìsa	*lìsi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лисъ (lisŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: лисъ (lis), лишъ (liš)
    - Belarusian: ліс (lis)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: лис (lys)
    - Ukrainian: лис (lys)
  - Russian: лис (lis)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: лисъ (lisŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰾⰺⱄⱏ (lisŭ)
  - Russian Church Slavonic: лисъ (lisŭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ли̑с (dialectal)
  
  Latin script: lȋs (dialectal)
- Slovene: lìs
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: lës
- Old Czech: lis
  - Czech: lis
- Old Polish: lis
  - Polish: lis; ľis (dialectal)
- Slovak: lis
- Slovincian: lës
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: lis

Adjective

*lisъ^[4]

Alternative reconstruction of *lisьjь (“(relational) fox”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *лисъ (*lisŭ)
  - Russian: ли́сый (lísyj) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Polish: liszy (dialectal)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lisъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 150
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lisъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279: “m. o ‘fox’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lisъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 101)”
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lisъ(jь)/*lisьjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 151

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lisъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 150

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lisъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279: “m. o ‘fox’”

[3] Olander, Thomas (2001) “lisъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 101)”

[4] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lisъ(jь)/*lisьjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 151

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