Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ličiti

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

From *likъ (“face”) +‎ *-iti (“denominal suffix”).^[1]

The "reveal" and "count" senses are semantic extensions of the "befit, resemble" sense, via "befit (face)" > "show one's face" > "reveal, divulge" > "count, keep score".^[2]

Verb

*ličiti^[1]^[2]

(transitive) to reveal
Synonym: *aviti
(transitive) to befit, to resemble
(transitive) to count
Synonym: *čistì

Inflection

Conjugation of *ličiti, *liči, *ličitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ličenьje	*ličiti	*ličitъ	*ličilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ličenъ	*ličimъ
Active	*ličь	*ličę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ličixъ	*liči	*liči	*ličǫ	*ličiši	*ličitь
Dual	*ličixově	*ličista	*ličiste	*ličivě	*ličita	*ličite
Plural	*ličixomъ	*ličiste	*ličišę	*ličimъ	*ličite	*ličętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ličaaxъ	*ličaaše	*ličaaše	—	*liči	*liči
Dual	*ličaaxově	*ličaašeta	*ličaašete	*ličivě	*ličita	—
Plural	*ličaaxomъ	*ličaašete	*ličaaxǫ	*ličimъ	*ličite	—

(*)*ličivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

*ličьba (“sign, number”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: личити (ličiti)
  - Belarusian: лічы́ць (ličýcʹ)
  - Russian: ли́чить (líčitʹ), -личи́ть (-ličítʹ)
  - Ukrainian: лічи́ти (ličýty)
South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Russian Church Slavonic: личити (ličiti)
- Bulgarian: лича́ (ličá)
- Macedonian: личи (liči)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: лѝчити, ли́чити
  
  Latin script: lìčiti, líčiti
- Slovene: líčiti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic
- Old Czech: líčiti
  - Czech: líčit
- Old Polish: liczyć
  - Polish: liczyć
  - Silesian: liczyć
- Slovak: líčiť
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: liczëc
  - Slovincian: lëczic
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: licyś
  - Upper Sorbian: ličić

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*ličiti (sę) I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 81
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*ličiti (sę) II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 82