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. 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	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*lędzi	*lędzi
Dual	—	—	—	*lędzěvě	*lędzěta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*lędzěmъ	*lędzěte	—

Notes:
• Aorist *legeste ⇒ *ležeste, ...
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

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

Related terms

• *ležàti (“to lie”)
• *lěgati (“to lie”)
• *lȏgъ (“lair, riverbed”)
• *lonò (“breast, lap”)
• *lože (“bed”)
• *ložesno (“womb”)
• *ložiti (“to lay”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: лечи (leči), лечы (lečy)
      • Belarusian: легчы́ (ljehčý)
      • Ukrainian: лягти́ (ljahtý)
    • Russian: лечь (lečʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ле́гна (légna)
  • Macedonian: легнува (legnuva)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: лȅћи

    Latin script: lȅći

  • Slovene: lẹ́či (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: léci
    • Czech: lehnout
  • Polish: lec
  • Silesian: lygnōńć
  • Slovak: ľahnúť