Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lězti

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁ǵʰ- (“to crawl on the ground; low”).

Related to Latvian lẽzêt (“to slide”), Old Prussian līse (“(he) crawls”), Old Norse lágr (“low”), English low, Ancient Greek λαχύς (lakhús, “low”).

Verb

*lě̀zti impf[1][2]

  1. to crawl
  2. to climb

Inflection

Conjugation of *lězti, *lěze, *lězetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*lězenьje *lězti *lěztъ *lězlъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *lězenъ *lězomъ
Active *lězъ *lězy
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *lěz(ox)ъ *lěze *lěze *lězǫ *lězeši *lězetь
Dual *lěz(ox)ově *lěz(e/os)ta *lěz(e/os)te *lězevě *lězeta *lězete
Plural *lěz(ox)omъ *lěz(e/os)te *lězǫ, *lězošę *lězemъ *lězete *lězǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *lězěaxъ *lězěaše *lězěaše — *lězi *lězi
Dual *lězěaxově *lězěašeta *lězěašete *lězěvě *lězěta —
Plural *lězěaxomъ *lězěašete *lězěaxǫ *lězěmъ *lězěte —

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ле́зу”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lězti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 36

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̀zti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275: “v. (a) ‘crawl, climb’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lězti: lězǫ lězetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 208, 252; PR 133)”
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