Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ležati

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *legḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-éh₁-ti, from *legʰ- (“to lie”). Morphologically *leg- +‎ *-ěti (stative suffix).

Verb

*ležàti impf[1][2]

  1. to lie (be situated)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ležati, *leža, *ležitь (impf., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*ležanьje *ležati *ležatъ *ležalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *ležanъ *ležimъ
Active *ležavъ *ležę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *ležaxъ *leža *leža *ležǫ *ležiši *ležitь
Dual *ležaxově *ležasta *ležaste *leživě *ležita *ležite
Plural *ležaxomъ *ležaste *ležašę *ležimъ *ležite *ležętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *ležaaxъ *ležaaše *ležaaše — *leži *leži
Dual *ležaaxově *ležaašeta *ležaašete *leživě *ležita —
Plural *ležaaxomъ *ležaašete *ležaaxǫ *ležimъ *ležite —

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лежать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*ležati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 161

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ležàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 271: “v. (c) ‘lie’”
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “ležáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*leža̋ti, sed. *lȅžǫ”
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