ляцець

• lacieć — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

From Old East Slavic летѣти (letěti), from Proto-Slavic *letěti. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lēk- (“to hop”). Compare Polish lecieć, Russian лете́ть (letétʹ), Ukrainian леті́ти (letíty).

• IPA^(key):

ляце́ць • (ljacjécʹ) impf (perfective паляце́ць)

1. to fly

   Synonym: лётаць (ljótacʹ)

   самалёт ляці́ць ― samaljót ljacícʹ ― the plane is flying

2. (figurative) to pass, to go by (of time)

   час ляці́ць ― čas ljacícʹ ― time flies

3. (figurative) to rush, to fly by

   матацы́кл ляце́ў з вялі́кай ху́ткасцю ― matacýkl ljacjéŭ z vjalíkaj xútkascju ― the motorcycle was flying by at high speed

• ляце́ць (ljacjécʹ) and паляце́ць (paljacjécʹ) are in the class of Belarusian concrete verbs. Their counterparts, лята́ць (ljatácʹ) and палята́ць (paljatácʹ), are abstract verbs.

• абляце́ць (abljacjécʹ)
• адляце́ць (adljacjécʹ)
• даляце́ць (daljacjécʹ)
• зляце́ць (zljacjécʹ, “to fly away, to fly off”)
• заляце́ць (zaljacjécʹ)
• лес сяку́ць - трэ́скі ляця́ць (ljes sjakúcʹ - tréski ljacjácʹ, “you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs”, literally “the forest is being cut down - the chips are flying”)
• наляце́ць (naljacjécʹ)
• пераляце́ць (pjeraljacjécʹ)
• праляце́ць (praljacjécʹ)
• прыляце́ць (pryljacjécʹ)
• уляце́ць (uljacjécʹ)

• “ляцець” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org