Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěčiti

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 *lěkъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*lěčiti

1. to cure, to heal

   Synonym: *cěliti

Inflection

Conjugation of *lěčiti, *lěči, *lěčitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*lěčenьje	*lěčiti	*lěčitъ	*lěčilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*lěčenъ	*lěčimъ
Active	*lěčь	*lěčę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lěčixъ	*lěči	*lěči	*lěčǫ	*lěčiši	*lěčitь
Dual	*lěčixově	*lěčista	*lěčiste	*lěčivě	*lěčita	*lěčite
Plural	*lěčixomъ	*lěčiste	*lěčišę	*lěčimъ	*lěčite	*lěčętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lěčaaxъ	*lěčaaše	*lěčaaše	—	*lěči	*lěči
Dual	*lěčaaxově	*lěčaašeta	*lěčaašete	*lěčivě	*lěčita	—
Plural	*lěčaaxomъ	*lěčaašete	*lěčaaxǫ	*lěčimъ	*lěčite	—

Notes:
• (*)*lěčivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: лячы́ць (ljačýcʹ)
  • Russian: лечи́ть (lečítʹ)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: лїчи́ц (ljičýc)
  • Ukrainian: лічи́ти (ličýty)
• South Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: лѣчити (lěčiti)

  • Bulgarian: леча (leča) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: лечи (leči)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ле́чити

    Latin script: léčiti

  • Slovene: léčiti (tonal orthography) (archaic)
• West Slavic
  • Old Czech: léčiti
    • Czech: léčit
  • Old Polish: leczyć
    • Polish: leczyć
    • Silesian: lyczyć
  • Slovak: liečiť

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 351
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “леча”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 380