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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līsaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
A verbal adjective derived from *lizaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliː.sɑz/
Adjective
*līsaz
- knowledgeable, knowing, familiar with
Inflection
Declension of *līsaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *līsaz | *līsai | *līsō | *līsôz | *līsą, -atō | *līsō |
| Accusative | *līsanǭ | *līsanz | *līsǭ | *līsōz | *līsą, -atō | *līsō |
| Genitive | *līsas, -is | *līsaizǫ̂ | *līsaizōz | *līsaizǫ̂ | *līsas, -is | *līsaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *līsammai | *līsaimaz | *līsaizōi | *līsaimaz | *līsammai | *līsaimaz |
| Instrumental | *līsanō | *līsaimiz | *līsaizō | *līsaimiz | *līsanō | *līsaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *līsô | *līsaniz | *līsǭ | *līsōniz | *līsô | *līsōnō |
| Accusative | *līsanų | *līsanunz | *līsōnų | *līsōnunz | *līsô | *līsōnō |
| Genitive | *līsiniz | *līsanǫ̂ | *līsōniz | *līsōnǫ̂ | *līsiniz | *līsanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *līsini | *līsammaz | *līsōni | *līsōmaz | *līsini | *līsammaz |
| Instrumental | *līsinē | *līsammiz | *līsōnē | *līsōmiz | *līsinē | *līsammiz |
Descendants
- Gothic: *𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*leis), indirectly attested in 𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lubjaleis), 𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹 (lubjaleisei)
References
- Frank Heidermanns, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive, Berlin; New York: de Gruyter, 1993, pages 370-371