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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lъgati

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 *lugtei, from Proto-Indo-European *lugʰ-yé-ti, ye-present of *lewgʰ- (“to lie, to tell falsehood”).

Cognate with Lithuanian lūgóti (“to request, bet”), Latvian lùgt (“to request, invite”).

Noun

*lъgàti impf[1][2]

  1. to lie
    Synonym: *klamati

Inflection

  • *lъža (“lie”)
  • *lъžь (“lie, falsehood”)
    • *lъžujьkъ (“deceitful, deceptive month; March”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лъгати (lŭgati), лгати (lgati)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: lháti
    • Kashubian: łżec
    • Polabian: låzĕs (< *lъžešь)
    • Polish: łgać, łżeć
    • Slovak: luhať, lhať
    • Slovincian: lgäc, łgac
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: łhaś
      • Upper Sorbian: łhać

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lъgati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 294: “v. (b) ‘lie’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “lъgati: lъžjǫ lъžjetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b lyve (SA 210; PR 136f.)”
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