лещи

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

лешти (lešti)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *leťi.

Verb

лещи • (lešti) pf

to lie down

Conjugation

Conjugation of лещи (class IA1, intransitive)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
лещи lešti	лещь leštĭ	лѧжениѥ lęženije

l-participle		masculine	neuter	feminine
participles¹		present	past
active		лѧгꙑ lęgy	легъ legŭ
passive		—	—

singular		леглъ leglŭ	легло leglo	легла legla
dual		легла legla	леглѣ leglě	леглѣ leglě
plural		легли legli	легла legla	леглꙑ legly

		present	imperfect	imperative
singular	1st	лѧгѫ lęgǫ	лѧжаахъ lęžaaxŭ	—
	2nd	лѧжеши lęžeši	лѧжааше lęžaaše	лѧѕи lędzi
	3rd	лѧжетъ lęžetŭ	лѧжааше lęžaaše	лѧѕи lędzi
dual	1st	лѧжевѣ lęževě	лѧжааховѣ lęžaaxově	лѧѕѣве lędzěve
	2nd	лѧжета lęžeta	лѧжаашета lęžaašeta	лѧѕѣта lędzěta
	3rd	лѧжете, лѧжета lęžete, lęžeta	лѧжаашете, лѧжаашета lęžaašete, lęžaašeta	—
plural	1st	лѧжемъ lęžemŭ	лѧжаахомъ lęžaaxomŭ	лѧѕѣмъ lędzěmŭ
	2nd	лѧжете lęžete	лѧжаашете lęžaašete	лѧѕѣте lędzěte
	3rd	лѧгѫтъ lęgǫtŭ	лѧжаахѫ lęžaaxǫ	—

		ox-aorist⁶	root aorist⁷
singular	1st	легохъ legoxŭ	легъ legŭ
	2nd	леже leže	леже leže
	3rd	леже leže	леже leže
dual	1st	легоховѣ legoxově	леговѣ legově
	2nd	легоста legosta	лежета ležeta
	3rd	легосте, легоста legoste, legosta	лежете, лежета ležete, ležeta
plural	1st	легохомъ legoxomŭ	легомъ legomŭ
	2nd	легосте legoste	лежете ležete
	3rd	легошѧ legošę	легѫ legǫ

compound forms
perfect²		Use the l-participle of лещи and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → леглъ ѥстъ
pluperfect²		Use the l-participle of лещи and the imperfective aorist or imperfect³ tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → леглъ бѣ/бѣаше
future		Use the infinitive of лещи and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ лещи
future perfect^{2, 4}		Use the l-participle of лещи and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → леглъ бѫдетъ
conditional²		Use the l-participle of лещи and the conditional mood⁵ or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → леглъ би/бꙑ

¹ For declension of participles, see their entries.
² Except first/second-person neuter.
³ Third-person only.
⁴ Attested only in a few instances.
⁵ The dual forms are unattested.
⁶ Also called a new aorist.
⁷ Also called an asigmatic or simple aorist.

This table shows the normalized inflected forms of лещи. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Derived terms

възлещи (vŭzlešti)
облещи (oblešti)
оулещи (ulešti)
сълогъ (sŭlogŭ)
прилогъ (prilogŭ)

References

Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “”, in Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X—XI веков) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)] (overall work in Russian), Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 305
Svetozar Nikolić, Staroslovenski jezik: Pravopis, glasovi, oblici, Naučna knjiga, Beograd, 1989.

Russian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [lʲɪˈɕːi]

Noun

лещи́ • (leščí) m anim pl or m inan pl

inflection of лещ (lešč):
1. nominative plural
2. inanimate accusative plural