Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěgati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

    By surface analysis, *leťi +‎ *-ati.

    Verb

    *lěgati[1]

    1. to lie down

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of *lěgati, *lěga, *lěgajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
    Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
    *lěganьje *lěgati *lěgatъ *lěgalъ
    Participles
    Tense Past Present
    Passive *lěganъ *lěgajemъ
    Active *lěgavъ *lěgaję
    Aorist Present
    Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    Singular *lěgaxъ *lěga *lěga *lěgajǫ *lěgaješi *lěgajetь
    Dual *lěgaxově *lěgasta *lěgaste *lěgajevě *lěgajeta *lěgajete
    Plural *lěgaxomъ *lěgaste *lěgašę *lěgajemъ *lěgajete *lěgajǫtь
    Imperfect Imperative
    Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    Singular *lěgaaxъ *lěgaaše *lěgaaše — *lěgaji *lěgaji
    Dual *lěgaaxově *lěgaašeta *lěgaašete *lěgajivě *lěgajita —
    Plural *lěgaaxomъ *lěgaašete *lěgaaxǫ *lěgajimъ *lěgajite —

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: лѣгати (lěgati)
        • Belarusian: лега́ць (ljehácʹ)
        • Russian: лега́ть (legátʹ) (dialectal)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: лѣгати (lěgati)
      • Bulgarian: ля́гам (ljágam)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: лије́гати
        Latin script: lijégati
      • Slovene: lẹ̄gati (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:

    References

    1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lěgati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 182
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