Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lopuxъ

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 *lopъ (“leaf”) +‎ *-uxъ.

Noun

*lopuxъ m

1. burdock, any of several flowering plants of the genus Arctium
2. butterbur (Petasites hybridus)

Declension

Declension of *lopuxъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lopuxъ	*lopuxa	*lopuśi
genitive	*lopuxa	*lopuxu	*lopuxъ
dative	*lopuxu	*lopuxoma	*lopuxomъ
accusative	*lopuxъ	*lopuxa	*lopuxy
instrumental	*lopuxъmь, *lopuxomь*	*lopuxoma	*lopuxy
locative	*lopuśě	*lopuxu	*lopuśěxъ
vocative	*lopuše	*lopuxa	*lopuśi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: лопу́х (lopúx)
  • Russian: лопу́х (lopúx)
  • Ukrainian: лопу́х (lopúx)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ло́пуш (lópuš), ло́пух (lópuh)
  • Macedonian: ло́пув (lópuv)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ло̀пӯх

    Latin script: lòpūh

  • Slovene: lopúh (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: lopuch
  • Polish: łopuch
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: łopuch

Further reading

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