Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lisica

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 *lisa +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*lisìca f[1]

fox, vixen

Inflection

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*lisìca	*lisìci	*lisìcę̇
Accusative	*lisìcǫ	*lisìci	*lisìcę̇
Genitive	*lisìcę̇	*lisìcu	*lisìcь
Locative	*lisìcī	*lisìcu	*lisìcāsъ
Dative	*lisìcī	*lisìcama	*lisìcāmъ
Instrumental	lisìcējǫ, lisìcǭ^*	*lisìcama	*lisìcāmī
Vocative	*lisìce	*lisìci	*lisìcę̇

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лисица (lisica)
  - Belarusian: лісі́ца (lisíca)
  - Russian: лиси́ца (lisíca)
  - Ukrainian: лиси́ця (lysýcja)
- Old Novgorodian: лисица (lisica)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: лисица (lisica)
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: лисица (lisica)
- Macedonian: лисица (lisica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: лѝсица
  Latin: lìsica
- Slovene: lisíca
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: lisicě
- Polabian: laisaićă
- Polish: lisica
- Slovincian: läsȧ̃că

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lisìca”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279: “f. jā ‘fox, vixen’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lisìca”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279: “f. jā ‘fox, vixen’”