лѣсъ
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.
Noun
лѣсъ • (lěsŭ) m
- forest
- woods
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1794-1796:
- бо би велѣлъ богъ не дѣлати чловѣкомъ то бꙑлиѥ жито би раждало и лѣсъ грозниѥ.
- bo bi velělŭ bogŭ ne dělati člověkomŭ to bylije žito bi raždalo i lěsŭ groznije.
- If God had ordered men not to work, plants would grow grain and woods grapes.
- from Vita Methodii, 0700210:
- и азъ на лѣсѣ надаю, своі дьнь съконьчавъ.
- i azŭ na lěsě nadaju, svoi dĭnĭ sŭkonĭčavŭ.
- Now my days are ending and I am waiting for the woods.
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1794-1796:
Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ.
Pronunciation
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈleːsʊ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈlʲeːsʊ/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈlʲɛːs/, /ˈlʲeːs/
- Hyphenation: лѣ‧съ
Noun
лѣсъ (lěsŭ) m
- forest
- woods
Declension
Declension of лѣсъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | лѣсъ lěsŭ | лѣса lěsa | лѣси lěsi |
Genitive | лѣса lěsa | лѣсу lěsu | лѣсъ lěsŭ |
Dative | лѣсу lěsu | лѣсома lěsoma | лѣсомъ lěsomŭ |
Accusative | лѣсъ lěsŭ | лѣса lěsa | лѣсꙑ lěsy |
Instrumental | лѣсъмь lěsŭmĭ | лѣсома lěsoma | лѣсꙑ lěsy |
Locative | лѣсѣ lěsě | лѣсу lěsu | лѣсѣхъ lěsěxŭ |
Vocative | лѣсе lěse | лѣса lěsa | лѣси lěsi |
Descendants
- Belarusian: лес (ljes)
- Russian: лес (les)
- Ukrainian: ліс (lis)
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “лѣсъ”, 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 76
Russian
Noun
лѣсъ • (lěs) m inan (genitive лѣ́са, nominative plural лѣса́, genitive plural лѣсо́въ)
- Pre-1918 spelling of лес (les).
Declension
Pre-reform declension of лѣсъ (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c irreg)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | лѣ́съ lě́s | лѣса́△ lěsá△ |
genitive | лѣ́са lě́sa | лѣсо́въ lěsóv |
dative | лѣ́су lě́su | лѣса́мъ lěsám |
accusative | лѣ́съ lě́s | лѣса́△ lěsá△ |
instrumental | лѣ́сомъ lě́som | лѣса́ми lěsámi |
prepositional | лѣ́сѣ lě́sě | лѣса́хъ lěsáx |
locative | лѣсу́ lěsú |
△ Irregular.