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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lemešь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *lémešis. Cognates include Latvian lemesis (“sharp plough”), Lithuanian lẽmežis (“wooden part of the plough”), lãmežis (“wooden part of the plough”) and Proto-Slavic *lomìti (“to break”).

Noun

*lemešь m[1]

  1. ploughshare
  2. plough

Inflection
Declension of *lemešь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lemešь *lemeša *lemeši
genitive *lemeša *lemešu *lemešь
dative *lemešu *lemešema *lemešemъ
accusative *lemešь *lemeša *lemešę̇
instrumental *lemešьmь, *lemešemь* *lemešema *lemeši
locative *lemeši *lemešu *lemešixъ
vocative *lemešu *lemeša *lemeši
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms
  • *lemežь

Synonyms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лемешь (lemešĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: лемешъ (lemeš)
        • Belarusian: ляме́ш (ljamjéš)
        • Ukrainian: лемі́ш (lemíš)
      • Russian: ле́меш (lémeš)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lemešь/*lemežь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 108

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lemešь; *lemežь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 271: “m. jo ‘ploughshare, plough’”
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