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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/leťi

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 *légtei, from Proto-Indo-European *légʰeti, from *legʰ-.

Verb

*leťi pf[1][2][3]

  1. to lie, lie down

Conjugation
Conjugation of *leťi, *leže, *lęžetь (perf., intr., -C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
— *leťi *leťь *leglъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive — —
Active *legъ —
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *leg(ox)ъ*leže*leže *lęgǫ*lęžeši*lęžetь
Dual *leg(ox)ově*leg(e/os)ta*leg(e/os)te *lęževě*lęžeta*lęžete
Plural *leg(ox)omъ*leg(e/os)te*legǫ, *legošę *lęžemъ*lęžete*lęgǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular ——— —*lędzi*lędzi
Dual ——— *lędzěvě*lędzěta—
Plural ——— *lędzěmъ*lędzěte—

Accent paradigm a in the present tense stem, b elsewhere.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: легчы́ (ljehčý)
    • Russian: лечь (lečʹ)
    • Ukrainian: лягти́ (ljahtý)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*legti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 270: “v. (a) ‘lie (down)’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “legti: lęgǫ lęžetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a lægge sig (SA 208, 260; PR 133)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “lẹ́či”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*let'i̋, *lę̋gǫ”
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