Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lixodějь

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 *lixъ +‎ *-dějь.

Noun

*lixodějь m

1. evildoer, malefactor

Inflection

Declension of *lixodějь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lixodějь	*lixoděja	*lixoději
genitive	*lixoděja	*lixoděju	*lixodějь
dative	*lixoděju	*lixodějema	*lixodějemъ
accusative	*lixodějь	*lixoděja	*lixoděję̇
instrumental	*lixodějьmь, *lixodějemь*	*lixodějema	*lixoději
locative	*lixoději	*lixoděju	*lixodějixъ
vocative	*lixoděju	*lixoděja	*lixoději

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лиходѣи (lixoděi)
    • Old Ruthenian: лиходѣ́й (lixodě́j), лихадѣ́й (lixadě́j)
      • Belarusian: ліхадзе́й (lixadzjéj)
      • Ukrainian: лиході́й (lyxodíj)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: лиходѣи (lixoděi)

    • → Russian: лиходе́й (lixodéj) (archaic)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lixodějь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 91