Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lisica

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 *lisa +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*lisìca f

1. fox, vixen

Inflection

Declension of *lisìca (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lisìca	*lisìci	*lisìcę̇
genitive	*lisìcę̇	*lisìcu	*lisìcь
dative	*lisìcī	*lisìcama	*lisìcāmъ
accusative	*lisìcǫ	*lisìci	*lisìcę̇
instrumental	*lisìcējǫ, *lisìcǭ*	*lisìcama	*lisìcāmī
locative	*lisìcī	*lisìcu	*lisìcāsъ
vocative	*lisìce	*lisìci	*lisìcę̇

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лисица (lisica)
    • Belarusian: лісі́ца (lisíca)
    • Russian: лиси́ца (lisíca)
    • Ukrainian: лиси́ця (lysýcja)
  • Old Novgorodian: лисица (lisića)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: лисица (lisica)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: лисица (lisica)
  • Macedonian: лисица (lisica)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: лѝсица

    Latin script: lìsica

  • Slovene: lisíca
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: lisicě
  • Polabian: laisaićă
  • Polish: lisica
  • Slovincian: lësëca