Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lьvъ

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 a Germanic language, possibly Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (laiwa), from Latin leō.

Noun

*lь̀vъ m

lion

Declension

Declension of *lь̀vъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lь̀vъ	*lьvà	*lьvì
genitive	*lьvà	*lьvù	*lь̀vъ
dative	*lьvù	*lьvòma	*lьvòmъ
accusative	*lь̀vъ	*lьvà	*lьvỳ
instrumental	lьvъ̀mь, lьvòmь^*	*lьvòma	*lь̀vy
locative	*lьvě̀	*lьvù	*lь̀věxъ
vocative	*lьve	*lьvà	*lьvì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: львъ (lĭvŭ), левъ (levŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: левъ (lev)
    - Belarusian: леў (ljeŭ)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: лев (lev)
    - Ukrainian: лев (lev)
  - Russian: лев (lev), левъ (lev) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
    - → Ingrian: leva
    - → Kildin Sami: левв (ljevv)
    - → Komi-Zyrian: лев (ľev)
    - → Ossetian: лев (lev)
    - → Veps: lev
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: львъ (lĭvŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰾⱐⰲⱏ (lĭvŭ)
- Bulgarian: лъв (lǎv), лев (lev)
- Macedonian: лав (lav)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ла̏в
  
  Latin script: lȁv
- Slovene: lȅv
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: lev
  - Czech: lev
- Kashubian: lew
- Polabian: ľåv
- Polish: lew
- Slovak: lev
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: law
  - Upper Sorbian: law