"lučь" meaning in Proto-Slavic

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Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *laukis, from Proto-Indo-European *lowkis, from *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Old Prussian luckis (“torch, log”), Proto-Germanic *laugiz (“flame”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ine-bsl-pro|*laukis}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *laukis, {{der|sla-pro|ine-pro|*lowkis}} Proto-Indo-European *lowkis, {{cog|prg|luckis||torch, log}} Old Prussian luckis (“torch, log”), {{cog|gem-pro|*laugiz|t=flame}} Proto-Germanic *laugiz (“flame”) Inflection templates: {{sla-decl-noun|lũčь|ap=b|g=f|stem=i}} Forms: lũčь [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], lũčь [nominative, singular], lūčì [dual, nominative], lūčì [nominative, plural], lũči [genitive, singular], lũčьju [dual, genitive], lūčь̀jь [genitive, plural], lūčì [dative, singular], lũčьma [dative, dual], lūčь̀mъ [dative, plural], lũčь [accusative, singular], lūčì [accusative, dual], lūčì [accusative, plural], lũčьjǫ [instrumental, singular], lũčьma [dual, instrumental], lũčьmī [instrumental, plural], lũči [locative, singular], lũčьju [dual, locative], lūčь̀xъ [locative, plural], luči [singular, vocative], lūčì [dual, vocative], lūčì [plural, vocative]
  1. ray Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-lučь-sla-pro-noun-wEvCcPll Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm b Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm b: 50 50
  2. torch Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-lučь-sla-pro-noun-N79Rv7pG Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm b Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm b: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lučajь, lučina, lučьje, lučьnъ*lučьnica*lučьnikъ Related terms: luča (english: ray, beam), lučiti, lučivo
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lučajь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lučina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lučьje"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lučьnъ*lučьnica*lučьnikъ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Church Slavonic",
      "lang_code": "zls-chs",
      "roman": "lučĭ",
      "word": "лучь"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Belarusian",
              "lang_code": "be",
              "roman": "luč",
              "word": "луч"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Russian",
              "lang_code": "ru",
              "roman": "luč",
              "word": "луч"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Ukrainian",
              "lang_code": "uk",
              "roman": "luč",
              "word": "луч"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old East Slavic",
          "lang_code": "orv",
          "roman": "lučĭ",
          "word": "лучь"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "East Slavic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Cyrillic",
              "lang_code": "cu",
              "roman": "lučĭ",
              "word": "лучь"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Cyrillic",
              "lang_code": "cu",
              "roman": "luča",
              "word": "лоуча"
            },
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              "lang": "Glagolitic",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
          "lang_code": "cu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "luč",
          "word": "луч"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "lǎč",
          "word": "лъч"
        },
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
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          "word": "лач"
        },
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          "descendants": [
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              "lang": "Cyrillic script",
              "lang_code": "sh",
              "word": "лу̑ч"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Latin script",
              "lang_code": "sh",
              "word": "lȗč"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "South Slavic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Czech",
              "lang_code": "cs",
              "word": "louč"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Czech",
          "lang_code": "zlw-ocs",
          "word": "lúč"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "word": "łucz"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "word": "łuczywo"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "lang_code": "sk",
          "word": "lúč"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "West Slavic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Balto-Slavic *laukis, from Proto-Indo-European *lowkis, from *lewk- (“white; light; bright”).\nCognates include Old Prussian luckis (“torch, log”), Proto-Germanic *laugiz (“flame”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "lũčь",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sla-decl-noun",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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        "singular"
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      "form": "lūčì",
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    {
      "form": "lūčì",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "lũči",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lũčьju",
      "roman": "luču",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčь̀jь",
      "roman": "lũči",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčì",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũčьma",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčь̀mъ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũčь",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčì",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũčьjǫ",
      "roman": "lũčǫ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũčьma",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũčьmī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũči",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũčьju",
      "roman": "luču",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčь̀xъ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luči",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčì",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčì",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lũčь",
        "ap": "b",
        "g": "f",
        "stem": "i"
      },
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lučь",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ray, beam",
      "translation": "ray, beam",
      "word": "luča"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lučiti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lučivo"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ray"
      ],
      "id": "en-lučь-sla-pro-noun-wEvCcPll",
      "links": [
        [
          "ray",
          "ray"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "torch"
      ],
      "id": "en-lučь-sla-pro-noun-N79Rv7pG",
      "links": [
        [
          "torch",
          "torch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Rick Derksen"
  ],
  "word": "lučь"
}
{
  "categories": [
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Slavic feminine i-stem nouns",
    "Proto-Slavic feminine nouns",
    "Proto-Slavic i-stem nouns",
    "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
    "Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm b",
    "Proto-Slavic nouns",
    "Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lučajь"
    },
    {
      "word": "lučina"
    },
    {
      "word": "lučьje"
    },
    {
      "word": "lučьnъ*lučьnica*lučьnikъ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Church Slavonic",
      "lang_code": "zls-chs",
      "roman": "lučĭ",
      "word": "лучь"
    },
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      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Belarusian",
              "lang_code": "be",
              "roman": "luč",
              "word": "луч"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Russian",
              "lang_code": "ru",
              "roman": "luč",
              "word": "луч"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Ukrainian",
              "lang_code": "uk",
              "roman": "luč",
              "word": "луч"
            }
          ],
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          "roman": "lučĭ",
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    },
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        {
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            },
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              "roman": "luča",
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            }
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        },
        {
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "roman": "luč",
          "word": "луч"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "lǎč",
          "word": "лъч"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "lač",
          "word": "лач"
        },
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        }
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "sla-pro",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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    {
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        "1": "gem-pro",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Balto-Slavic *laukis, from Proto-Indo-European *lowkis, from *lewk- (“white; light; bright”).\nCognates include Old Prussian luckis (“torch, log”), Proto-Germanic *laugiz (“flame”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "lũčь",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sla-decl-noun",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũčь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčì",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčì",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũči",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũčьju",
      "roman": "luču",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčь̀jь",
      "roman": "lũči",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčì",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũčьma",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčь̀mъ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũčь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčì",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčì",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũčьjǫ",
      "roman": "lũčǫ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũčьma",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũčьmī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũči",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lũčьju",
      "roman": "luču",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčь̀xъ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luči",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčì",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūčì",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lũčь",
        "ap": "b",
        "g": "f",
        "stem": "i"
      },
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lučь",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "ray, beam",
      "translation": "ray, beam",
      "word": "luča"
    },
    {
      "word": "lučiti"
    },
    {
      "word": "lučivo"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ray"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ray",
          "ray"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sla-pro:Light sources"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "torch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "torch",
          "torch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Rick Derksen"
  ],
  "word": "lučь"
}

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