Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/leťi

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.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *légtei, from Proto-Indo-European *légʰeti, from *legʰ-.

Verb

*leťi pf^[1]^[2]^[3]

to lie, lie down

Conjugation

Conjugation of *leťi, *leže, *lęžetь (perf., intr., -C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
—	*leťi	*leťь	*leglъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*legъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*leg(ox)ъ	*leže	*leže	*lęgǫ	*lęžeši	*lęžetь
Dual	*leg(ox)ově	*leg(e/os)ta	*leg(e/os)te	*lęževě	*lęžeta	*lęžete
Plural	*leg(ox)omъ	*leg(e/os)te	legǫ, legošę	*lęžemъ	*lęžete	*lęgǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*lędzi	*lędzi
Dual	—	—	—	*lędzěvě	*lędzěta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*lędzěmъ	*lędzěte	—

Aorist *legeste ⇒ *ležeste, ...
In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Accent paradigm a in the present tense stem, b elsewhere.

Related terms

*ležàti (“to lie”)
*lěgati (“to lie”)
*lȏgъ (“lair, riverbed”)
*lonò (“breast, lap”)
*lože (“bed”)
*ložesno (“womb”)
*ložiti (“to lay”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
  - Old Ruthenian: лечи (leči), лечы (lečy)
    - Belarusian: легчы́ (ljehčý)
    - Ukrainian: лягти́ (ljahtý)
  - Russian: лечь (lečʹ)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ле́гна (légna)
- Macedonian: легнува (legnuva)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: лȅћи
  
  Latin script: lȅći
- Slovene: lẹ́či (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: léci
  - Czech: lehnout
- Polish: lec
- Silesian: lygnōńć
- Slovak: ľahnúť

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*legti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 270: “v. (a) ‘lie (down)’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “legti: lęgǫ lęžetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a lægge sig (SA 208, 260; PR 133)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “lẹ́či”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*let'i̋, *lę̋gǫ”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*legti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 270: “v. (a) ‘lie (down)’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “legti: lęgǫ lęžetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a lægge sig (SA 208, 260; PR 133)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016) “lẹ́či”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*let'i̋, *lę̋gǫ”

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