Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lъgati

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.

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lugtei, from Proto-Indo-European *lugʰ-yé-ti, ye-present of *lewgʰ- (“to lie, to tell falsehood”).

Cognate with Lithuanian lūgóti (“to request, bet”), Latvian lùgt (“to request, invite”).

*lъgàti impf^[1][2]

1. to lie

   Synonym: *klamati

• *lъža (“lie”)
• *lъžь (“lie, falsehood”)
  • *lъžujьkъ (“deceitful, deceptive month; March”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лъгати (lŭgati), лгати (lgati)
    • Belarusian: ілга́ць (ilhácʹ), лгаць (lhacʹ)
    • Russian: лгать (lgatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: лга́ти (lháty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: лъгати (lŭgati)

    Glagolitic: ⰾⱏⰳⰰⱅⰹ (lŭgati)

  • Bulgarian: лъ́жа (lǎ́ža)
  • Macedonian: ла́же (láže)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ла̀гати

    Latin script: làgati

  • Slovene: lagáti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: lháti
    • Czech: lhát
  • Kashubian: łżec
  • Polabian: låzĕs (< *lъžešь)
  • Polish: łgać, łżeć
  • Slovak: luhať, lhať
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: łhaś
    • Upper Sorbian: łhać

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лгать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lъgati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 233
• Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “Proto-Slavic/lъgati”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 366