lēkt

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See also: lekt, -lekt, and Lekt

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic (compare Proto-Slavic *letě̀ti (“to fly”)), from the Proto-Indo-European root *lek-, *lak- (“to hop, leap, throw”).[1][2]

Verb

lēkt (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present lecu, lec, lec, past lēcu)

  1. to jump
  2. to leap
  3. to vault
  4. to hop
  5. to spring
  6. to skip
  7. to bound
  8. to bounce
  9. to rise (of a celestial body)
    Saule lēca austrumos
    The sun was rising in the East.

Conjugation

conjugation of lēkt
INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) IMPERATIVE
(pavēles izteiksme)
Present
(tagadne) 		Past
(pagātne) 		Future
(nākotne)
1st pers. sg. es lecu lēcu lēkšu —
2nd pers. sg. tu lec lēci lēksi lec
3rd pers. sg. viņš, viņa lec lēca lēks lai lec
1st pers. pl. mēs lecam lēcām lēksim lēksim
2nd pers. pl. jūs lecat lēcāt lēksiet,
lēksit 		leciet
3rd pers. pl. viņi, viņas lec lēca lēks lai lec
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present lecot Present Active 1 (Adj.) lecošs
Past esot lēcis Present Active 2 (Adv.) lēkdams
Future lēkšot Present Active 3 (Adv.) lecot
Imperative lai lecot Present Active 4 (Obj.) lecam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) Past Active lēcis
Present lēktu Present Passive lecams
Past būtu lēcis Past Passive lēkts
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative (būt) jālec Infinitive (nenoteiksme) lēkt
Conjunctive 1 esot jālec Negative Infinitive nelēkt
Conjunctive 2 jālecot Verbal noun lēkšana

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, page 271
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lėkti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278
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