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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lьnъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)From Proto-Balto-Slavic *línum, from Proto-Indo-European *līno-.
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian linaĩ pl, Latvian lini pl, Old Prussian linno.
Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek λίνον (línon, “flax”), Latin līnum (“flax, linen”), Old Irish lín (“flax, linen, cloth”), Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax, linen”).
Noun
*lь̀nъ or *lь̏nъ m[1][2][3]
- flax
Inflection
Declension of *lь̀nъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *lь̀nъ | *lьnà | *lьnì |
| Accusative | *lь̀nъ | *lьnà | *lьnỳ |
| Genitive | *lьnà | *lьnù | *lь̀nъ |
| Locative | *lьně̀ | *lьnù | *lь̀něxъ |
| Dative | *lьnù | *lьnòma | *lьnòmъ |
| Instrumental | *lьnъ̀mь, *lьnòmь* | *lьnòma | *lь̀ny |
| Vocative | *lьne | *lьnà | *lьnì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *lь̏nъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *lь̏nъ | *lь̏na | *lь̏ni |
| Accusative | *lь̏nъ | *lь̏na | *lь̏ny |
| Genitive | *lь̏na | *lьnù | *lь̀nъ |
| Locative | *lь̏ně | *lьnù | *lьně̃xъ |
| Dative | *lь̏nu | *lьnomà | *lьnòmъ |
| Instrumental | *lь̏nъmь, *lь̏nomь* | *lьnomà | *lьný |
| Vocative | *lьne | *lь̏na | *lь̏ni |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- *lьnarjь
- *lьnica, *lьnikъ
- *lьnina
- *lьnistъ
- *lьnišče
- *lьnъkъ / *lьnъka
- *lьnьcь
- *lьnьnъ
- *lьněnъ (“flaxen, linen”)
- *lьněnъka
- *lьněnica
- *lьněnina
- *lьněnišče
- *lьnovъ
- *lьnovišče
- *lьnovьcь
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: льнъ (lĭnŭ), ленъ (lenŭ)
- Belarusian: лён (ljon)
- Russian: лён (ljon)
- Ukrainian: льон (lʹon), лен (len)
- Old East Slavic: льнъ (lĭnŭ), ленъ (lenŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: льнъ (lĭnŭ)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: лен (len)
- Macedonian: лен (len)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ла̏н
- Latin: lȁn
- Slovene: lȃn (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: len
- Czech: len
- Polabian: ĺån
- Polish: len
- Slovak: ľan
- Slovincian: len
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: len
- Lower Sorbian: lan
- Old Czech: len
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лен”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “лен”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 475
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lьnъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 87
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “льнъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2: Л – П, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 66
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “ленъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2: Л – П, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 17
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lь̀nъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 298: “m. o (b) ‘flax’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “lьnъ lьna”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (NA 109, 141); c (SA 21, 139; PR 137) flax”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “lȃn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*lь̏nъ”