Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/leščь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/leščь

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

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Compare Latvian leste.

Noun

*leščь m

1. bream, carp bream

Inflection

Declension of *leščь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*leščь	*lešča	*lešči
Accusative	*leščь	*lešča	*leščę̇
Genitive	*lešča	*lešču	*leščь
Locative	*lešči	*lešču	*leščixъ
Dative	*lešču	*leščema	*leščemъ
Instrumental	*leščьmь, *leščemь*	*leščema	*lešči
Vocative	*lešču	*lešča	*lešči

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лещь (leščĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: лещъ (lešč), лєщъ (lješč), лѧщъ (ljašč); лящъ (ljašč)
      • Belarusian: лешч (lješč); ляшч (ljašč) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: лящ (ljašč); ляш (ljaš), лещ (lešč), ліщ (lišč), леш (leš), лешч (lešč), л'е̂шч (lʺêšč) (dialectal)
    • Middle Russian: лещъ (lešč)
      • Russian: лещ (lešč); лящ (ljašč) (dialectal)
        • → Slovak: lešť (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: лещь (leštʹ) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: leszcz
    • Polish: leszcz
      • → Czech: lešť
  • Slovincian: lešč

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*leščь I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 142
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “лящ¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 345
• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1989), “лешч”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 5 (ка́яць – ліпя́нка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 296
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лещ”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress