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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěkařь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *lěkъ + *-āřь. Compare Swedish läkare.
Noun
*lěkařь m
- healer
Declension
Declension of *lěkařь (soft o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *lěkařь | *lěkařa | *lěkaři |
| Accusative | *lěkařь | *lěkařa | *lěkařę̇ |
| Genitive | *lěkařa | *lěkařu | *lěkařь |
| Locative | *lěkaři | *lěkařu | *lěkařixъ |
| Dative | *lěkařu | *lěkařema | *lěkařemъ |
| Instrumental | *lěkařьmь, *lěkařemь* | *lěkařema | *lěkaři |
| Vocative | *lěkařu | *lěkařa | *lěkaři |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ле́кар (ljékar)
- Russian: ле́карь (lékarʹ)
- Ukrainian: лі́кар (líkar)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ле́кар (lékar)
- Macedonian: лекар (lekar)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: лѐка̄р, љѐка̄р
- Latin: lèkār, ljèkār
- West Slavic:
- Czech: lékař
- Polish: lekarz
- Slovak: lekár
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: lěkaŕ
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лека́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ле́карь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress