залечь

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Russian

Etymology

за- (za-) +‎ лечь (lečʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

зале́чь • (zaléčʹ) pf (imperfective залега́ть)

  1. (colloquial) to lie (down)
    зале́чь спать ― zaléčʹ spatʹ ― go off to bed
    зале́чь в берло́гу ― zaléčʹ v berlógu ― to take to its lair/den
    зале́чь на дно ― zaléčʹ na dno ― to lie low; keep a low profile
  2. to lie in hiding
  3. (military) to drop flat

Conjugation

Conjugation of зале́чь (class 8a/b perfective intransitive)
Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
△ Irregular.
perfective aspect
infinitive зале́чь
zaléčʹ
participles present tense past tense
active — залёгший
zaljógšij
passive — —
adverbial — залёгши
zaljógši
present tense future tense
1st singular (я) — заля́гу△
zaljágu△
2nd singular (ты) — заля́жешь△
zaljážešʹ△
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) — заля́жет△
zaljážet△
1st plural (мы) — заля́жем△
zaljážem△
2nd plural (вы) — заля́жете△
zaljážete△
3rd plural (они́) — заля́гут△
zaljágut△
imperative singular plural
заля́г△
zaljág△		 заля́гте△
zaljágte△
past tense singular plural
(мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он) залёг
zaljóg		 залегли́
zaleglí
feminine (я/ты/она́) залегла́
zaleglá
neuter (оно́) залегло́
zalegló

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