Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lǫčiti

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 *lánkīˀtei, causative/iterative of *lenk- (“to bend”).

Verb

*lǭčìti

1. to separate

Inflection

Conjugation of *lǫčiti, *lǫči, *lǫčitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*lǫčenьje	*lǫčiti	*lǫčitъ	*lǫčilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*lǫčenъ	*lǫčimъ
Active	*lǫčь	*lǫčę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lǫčixъ	*lǫči	*lǫči	*lǫčǫ	*lǫčiši	*lǫčitь
Dual	*lǫčixově	*lǫčista	*lǫčiste	*lǫčivě	*lǫčita	*lǫčite
Plural	*lǫčixomъ	*lǫčiste	*lǫčišę	*lǫčimъ	*lǫčite	*lǫčętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lǫčaaxъ	*lǫčaaše	*lǫčaaše	—	*lǫči	*lǫči
Dual	*lǫčaaxově	*lǫčaašeta	*lǫčaašete	*lǫčivě	*lǫčita	—
Plural	*lǫčaaxomъ	*lǫčaašete	*lǫčaaxǫ	*lǫčimъ	*lǫčite	—

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

Related terms

• *lęťi (“to bend”)
• *lękati, *lęcati (“to set traps, to scare?”)
• *lękъ (“bent”)
• *lǫčьje (“rush”)
• *lǭkà (“low-lying meadow”)
• *lǫkàvъ (“curved, cunning”)
• *lǫ̑kъ (“bow”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лꙋчити (lučiti) (12th century)
    • Belarusian: лучы́ць (lučýcʹ)
    • Russian: (dialectal) лучи́ть (lučítʹ) (standard разлучи́ть (razlučítʹ))
    • Ukrainian: лучи́ти (lučýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: лѫчити (lǫčiti)

    Glagolitic: ⰾⱘⱍⰹⱅⰹ (lǫčiti)

  • Bulgarian: лъ́ча (lǎ́ča)
  • Macedonian: лачи (lači)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: лу́чити

    Latin script: lúčiti

  • Slovene: ločīti, lọ́čiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: lúčiti
    • Czech: loučit (literary)
  • Old Polish: łączyć
    • Polish: łączyć
  • Slovak: lúčiť
  • Slovincian: lãczic
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: łucyś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лучи́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lǫčiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 132