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Russian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic лечи (leči), from Proto-Slavic *leťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *légtei, from Proto-Indo-European *légʰeti, from *legʰ-.
Pronunciation
Verb
лечь • (lečʹ) pf (imperfective ложи́ться)
- to lie down
- лечь костьми́ (idiomatic) ― lečʹ kostʹmí ― to fall in battle, to do one's damnedest, to go all out
- лечь на со́весть ― lečʹ na sóvestʹ ― to weigh on one's conscience
- лечь в осно́ву ― lečʹ v osnóvu ― to underlie
- лечь в больни́цу ― lečʹ v bolʹnícu ― to go to hospital (to be hospitalised)
- лечь спать ― lečʹ spatʹ ― to go to bed
- to fall, to cover (of snow etc. on the ground)
- to flow, to adhere (of paint being applied to a surface)
- (nautical) to heave (to move in a certain direction or into a certain situation)
- лечь в дрейф (idiomatic, nautical) ― lečʹ v drejf ― to lie to, to heave to
- (computing, informal) to fall over, to die
Conjugation
Conjugation of ле́чь (class 8a/b perfective intransitive)
Derived terms
- возле́чь pf (vozléčʹ), возлега́ть impf (vozlegátʹ)
- зале́чь pf (zaléčʹ), залега́ть impf (zalegátʹ)
- нале́чь pf (naléčʹ), налега́ть impf (nalegátʹ)
- обле́чь pf (obléčʹ), облега́ть impf (oblegátʹ)
- отле́чь pf (otléčʹ), отлега́ть impf (otlegátʹ)
- переле́чь pf (pereléčʹ)
- подле́чь pf (podléčʹ), подлега́ть impf (podlegátʹ)
- поднале́чь pf (podnaléčʹ), подналега́ть impf (podnalegátʹ)
- поле́чь pf (poléčʹ), полега́ть impf (polegátʹ)
- поуле́чься pf (pouléčʹsja)
- приле́чь pf (priléčʹ), прилега́ть impf (prilegátʹ)
- принале́чь pf (prinaléčʹ), приналега́ть impf (prinalegátʹ)
- приотле́чь pf (priotléčʹ)
- приуле́чься pf (priuléčʹsja)
- проле́чь pf (proléčʹ), пролега́ть impf (prolegátʹ)
- разле́чься pf (razléčʹsja)
- слечь pf (slečʹ), слега́ть impf (slegátʹ)
- уле́чься pf (uléčʹsja),