лежати

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ležati, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (to lie).

Verb

лежати (ležatiimpf

  1. lie (be in horizontal position), recline

Conjugation

Present tense of лежати
singular dual plural
азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ () вѣ () ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti)
лежѫ (ležǫ) лежиши (ležiši) лежитъ (ležitŭ) леживѣ (leživě) лежита (ležita) лежите (ležite) лежимъ (ležimŭ) лежите (ležite) лежѧтъ (ležętŭ)

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ležati, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lěʒati/
  • Hyphenation: ле‧жа‧ти

Verb

лѐжати impf (Latin spelling lèžati)

  1. (intransitive) to lie, recline
  2. (intransitive) to be situated, be located

Conjugation

Conjugation of лежати
infinitive лежати
present verbal adverb лѐже̄ћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun лѐжа̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present лежим лежиш лежи лежимо лежите леже
future future I лежат ћу1
лежаћу
лежат ћеш1
лежаћеш
лежат ће1
лежаће
лежат ћемо1
лежаћемо
лежат ћете1
лежаћете
лежат ћē1
лежаће
future II бу̏де̄м лежао2 бу̏де̄ш лежао2 бу̏де̄ лежао2 бу̏де̄мо лежали2 бу̏де̄те лежали2 бу̏дӯ лежали2
past perfect лежао сам2 лежао си2 лежао је2 лежали смо2 лежали сте2 лежали су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам лежао2 би̏о си лежао2 би̏о је лежао2 би́ли смо лежали2 би́ли сте лежали2 би́ли су лежали2
imperfect лежах лежаше лежаше лежасмо лежасте лежаху
conditional conditional I лежао бих2 лежао би2 лежао би2 лежали бисмо2 лежали бисте2 лежали би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих лежао2 би̏о би лежао2 би̏о би лежао2 би́ли бисмо лежали2 би́ли бисте лежали2 би́ли би лежали2
imperative лежи лежимо лежите
active past participle лежао m / лежала f / лежало n лежали m / лежале f / лежала n

1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • лежати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ležati (to be lying ).

Pronunciation

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Verb

лежа́ти (ležátyimpf

  1. to lie (to be in a horizontal position; usually followed by the preposition на and the locative case)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Prefixed verbs

Further reading