Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lišajь

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 *lixъ, (< *lix-ějь).

Noun

*lišajь m

1. lichen

Declension

Declension of *lišajь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lišajь	*lišaja	*lišaji
genitive	*lišaja	*lišaju	*lišajь
dative	*lišaju	*lišajema	*lišajemъ
accusative	*lišajь	*lišaja	*lišaję̇
instrumental	*lišajьmь, *lišajemь*	*lišajema	*lišaji
locative	*lišaji	*lišaju	*lišajixъ
vocative	*lišaju	*lišaja	*lišaji

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: лиша́й (lišáj)
  • Ukrainian: лиша́й (lyšáj)
• South Slavic:
  • Macedonian: лишај (lišaj)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ли̏ша̄ј

    Latin script: lȉšāj

  • Slovene: lišȃj (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: lišej
  • Polish: liszaj
  • Slovak: lišaj
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: lišawa
    • Lower Sorbian: lišawa

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лиша́й”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress