Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lice

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 early *liko, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léika, from Proto-Indo-European *léykom (cheek). Baltic cognates include Old Prussian laygnan (cheek). Indo-European cognates include Old Irish lecca (jaw, cheek).[1]

    Noun

    *līcè n[1][2]

    1. cheek
    2. face

    Inflection

    Declension of *līcè (s-stem, accent paradigm b)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *līcè *līčèsi *līčèsā
    genitive *līčèse *līčèsu *līčèsъ
    dative *līčèsi *līčèsьma *līčèsьmъ
    accusative *līcè *līčèsi *līčèsā
    instrumental *līčèsьmь *līčèsьma *līčèsȳ
    locative *līčèse *līčèsu *līčèsьxъ
    vocative *līcè *līčèsi *līčèsā
    Declension of *līcè (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *līcè *lĩci *lĩca
    genitive *līcà *licu *lĩcь
    dative *līcù *licema *lĩcemъ
    accusative *līcè *lĩci *lĩca
    instrumental *līcь̀mь, *līcèmь* *licema *lĩci
    locative *līcì *licu *lĩcixъ
    vocative *līcè *lĩci *lĩca

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

    Derived terms

    • *licedějь
    • *liceměrъ
      • *liceměriti
        • *liceměrьje
      • *liceměrьnъ
      • *liceměrьstvo
    • *licevati
    • *licevъ
    • *ličina
    • *ličiti
      • *ličati
        • *orzličati
      • *ličьba
      • *ličьdlo
      • *ličьmanъ
      • *obličiti
        • *obličati
        • *obličenьje
    • *ličьje
    • *ličьnъ
      • *sъličьnъ
    • *naličьje
    • *naličьnъ
      • *naličьnikъ, *naličьnica

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: лице́ (licé), лицо́ (licó)
        • Belarusian: ліце́ (licjé), ліцо́ (licó) (dial.)
        • Russian: лицо́ (licó)
        • Ukrainian: лице́ (lycé)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Cyrillic: лице (lice)
        Glagolitic: ⰾⰻⱌⰵ (lice)
      • Bulgarian: лице́ (licé)
      • Macedonian: лице (lice)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: ли́це
        Latin script: líce
      • Slovene: līce (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лицо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lice”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 75

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*līcè”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278:n. jo (b) ‘cheek, face’
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “?lice”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b ansigt, person (PR 135; MP 24)