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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ležati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *legḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-éh₁-ti, from *legʰ- (“to lie”). Morphologically *leg- + *-ěti (stative suffix).
Verb
*ležàti impf[1][2]
- to lie (be situated)
Conjugation
Conjugation of *ležati, *leža, *ležitь (impf., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Suffix: *-ěti
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *ležanьje | *ležati | *ležatъ | *ležalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *ležanъ | *ležimъ |
| Active | *ležavъ | *ležę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *ležaxъ | *leža | *leža | *ležǫ | *ležiši | *ležitь |
| Dual | *ležaxově | *ležasta | *ležaste | *leživě | *ležita | *ležite |
| Plural | *ležaxomъ | *ležaste | *ležašę | *ležimъ | *ležite | *ležętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *ležaaxъ | *ležaaše | *ležaaše | — | *leži | *leži |
| Dual | *ležaaxově | *ležaašeta | *ležaašete | *leživě | *ležita | — |
| Plural | *ležaaxomъ | *ležaašete | *ležaaxǫ | *ležimъ | *ležite | — |
Related terms
- *leťi (“to lie (down)”)
- *lěgati (“to lie”)
- *lȏgъ (“lair, riverbed”)
- *lonò (“breast, lap”)
- *lože (“bed”)
- *ložesno (“womb”)
- *ložìti (“to lay”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лежа́ти (ležáti)
- Belarusian: ляжа́ць (ljažácʹ)
- Russian: лежа́ть (ležátʹ)
- Ukrainian: лежа́ти (ležáty)
- Old Novgorodian: лежа́ти (ležáti)
- Old East Slavic: лежа́ти (ležáti)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: лежати (ležati)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: лежа́ (ležá)
- Macedonian: лежи (leži)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: лѐжати
- Latin: lèžati
- Chakavian (Vrgada): ležȁti
- Chakavian (Orbanići): ležȁt
- Slovene: ležáti (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: ležěti
- Czech: ležet
- Bohemian (Chod dialect): ležít
- Czech: ležet
- Kashubian: leżec
- Polabian: lizĕ (3rd sg.)
- Old Polish: leżeć
- Polish: leżeć
- Slovak: ležať
- Slovincian: lìe̯žĕc
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: ležeć
- Lower Sorbian: lažaš
- Old Czech: ležěti
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лежать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*ležati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 161
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ležàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 271: “v. (c) ‘lie’”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “ležáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*leža̋ti, sed. *lȅžǫ”