Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/letěti

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Formed as *letъ (“flight”) +‎ *-ěti from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lekt-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lek-. Akin to Lithuanian lė̃kti (“to fly”), 3sg. lẽkia, Latvian lèkt (“to jump, (rarely) to fly”), 3sg. lec, Ancient Greek ληκάω (lēkáō, “to dance to music”), Middle High German lecken (“to hop”).

Verb

*letě̀ti impf

  1. to fly

Conjugation

Conjugation of *letěti, *letě, *letitь (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Suffix: *-ěti
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*letěnьje *letěti *letětъ *letělъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive — —
Active *letěvъ *letę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *letěxъ *letě *letě *leťǫ *letiši *letitь
Dual *letěxově *letěsta *letěste *letivě *letita *letite
Plural *letěxomъ *letěste *letěšę *letimъ *letite *letętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *letěaxъ *letěaše *letěaše — *leti *leti
Dual *letěaxově *letěašeta *letěašete *letivě *letita —
Plural *letěaxomъ *letěašete *letěaxǫ *letimъ *letite —

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*letěti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 271: “v. (c) ‘fly’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “letěti: letjǫ letitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c flyve (PR 139)”
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “letẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*letě̋ti”
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