Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xlěbьcь

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *xlě̀bъ +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*xlě̀bьcь m

bread (diminutive)

Declension

Declension of *xlě̀bьcь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xlě̀bьcь	*xlě̀bьca	*xlě̀bьci
genitive	*xlě̀bьca	*xlě̀bьcu	*xlě̀bьcь
dative	*xlě̀bьcu	*xlě̀bьcema	*xlě̀bьcēmъ
accusative	*xlě̀bьcь	*xlě̀bьca	*xlě̀bьcę̇
instrumental	xlě̀bьcьmь, xlě̀bьcemь^*	*xlě̀bьcema	*xlě̀bьcī
locative	*xlě̀bьci	*xlě̀bьcu	*xlě̀bьcīxъ
vocative	*xlě̀bьče	*xlě̀bьca	*xlě̀bьci

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: хлѣбьць (xlěbĭcĭ)
  - Russian: хле́бец (xlébec)
  - Ukrainian: хлі́бець (xlíbecʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Bulgarian: хлѣбець (hlěbecʹ)
- Macedonian: лебец (lebec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: хле̏бац, хље̏бац
  
  Latin script: hlȅbac, hljȅbac
- Slovene: hlẹ̑bec (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: chlebec