Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lelějati

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *lelěti

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, according to ESSJa. Compare Lithuanian leliúoti, Latvian leluôt.

Verb

*lelějati

1. to rock, to sway

Inflection

Conjugation of *lelějati, *lelěja, *lelějetь (?, -ja/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*lelějanьje	*lelějati	*lelějatъ	*lelějalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*lelějanъ	*lelějemъ
Active	*lelějavъ	*lelěję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lelějaxъ	*lelěja	*lelěja	*lelějǫ	*lelěješi	*lelějetь
Dual	*lelějaxově	*lelějasta	*lelějaste	*lelějevě	*lelějeta	*lelějete
Plural	*lelějaxomъ	*lelějaste	*lelějašę	*lelějemъ	*lelějete	*lelějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lelějaaxъ	*lelějaaše	*lelějaaše	—	*lelěji	*lelěji
Dual	*lelějaaxově	*lelějaašeta	*lelějaašete	*lelějivě	*lelějita	—
Plural	*lelějaaxomъ	*lelějaašete	*lelějaaxǫ	*lelějimъ	*lelějite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лелѣꙗти (lelějati)
    • Belarusian: леле́ць (ljeljécʹ), ляле́ць (ljaljécʹ)
    • Russian: леле́ять (leléjatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: лелíяти (lelíjaty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: леле́я (leléja)
  • Macedonian: лелее (lelee)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: лелѐjати, лелѝjати

    Latin script: lelèjati, lelìjati

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: leleti
  • Old Polish: lelejać
    • Polish: lelejać (obsolete)

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “леле́ять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress