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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/liti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *leˀitei, from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to flow”).[1]
Baltic cognates includeLithuanian líeti, Latvian liêt, Old Prussian pralieiton (“shed”).
Indo-European cognates includeAncient Greek λείβω (leíbō, “to shed, to pour”), Middle Welsh dillyd (“to pour out”).
Verb
*lìti impf[2][3]
- to pour
Conjugation
Conjugation of *liti, *li, *lějetь (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *litьje | *liti | *litъ | *lilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *litъ | *lějemъ |
| Active | *livъ | *lěję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *lixъ | *li | *li | *lějǫ | *lěješi | *lějetь |
| Dual | *lixově | *lista | *liste | *lějevě | *lějeta | *lějete |
| Plural | *lixomъ | *liste | *lišę | *lějemъ | *lějete | *lějǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *lěaxъ | *lěaše | *lěaše | — | *lěji | *lěji |
| Dual | *lěaxově | *lěašeta | *lěašete | *lějivě | *lějita | — |
| Plural | *lěaxomъ | *lěašete | *lěaxǫ | *lějimъ | *lějite | — |
Conjugation of *liti, *li, *lijetь (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *litьje | *liti | *litъ | *lilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *litъ | *lijemъ |
| Active | *livъ | *liję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *lixъ | *li | *li | *lijǫ | *liješi | *lijetь |
| Dual | *lixově | *lista | *liste | *lijevě | *lijeta | *lijete |
| Plural | *lixomъ | *liste | *lišę | *lijemъ | *lijete | *lijǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *lijaaxъ | *lijaaše | *lijaaše | — | *liji | *liji |
| Dual | *lijaaxově | *lijaašeta | *lijaašete | *lijivě | *lijita | — |
| Plural | *lijaaxomъ | *lijaašete | *lijaaxǫ | *lijimъ | *lijite | — |
Related terms
- *lȏjь
- *lьjati
Derived terms
- *linǫti
- *sъlojь
- *lijь
- *litva
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лити (liti)
- Belarusian: ліць (licʹ)
- Russian: лить (litʹ)
- Ukrainian: ли́ти (lýty)
- Old East Slavic: лити (liti)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: лити (liti)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: ле́я (léja)
- Macedonian: лее (lee)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ли̏ти
- Latin: lȉti
- Chakavian (Orbanići): lȉti
- Slovene: líti (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: líti
- Czech: lít
- Polabian: lėjĕ (3sg)
- Old Polish: lić
- Polish: lać
- Slovak: liať
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: leć
- Lower Sorbian: laś
- Old Czech: líti
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лить”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*liti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 157
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “лить”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 664-65
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280: “v. ‘pour’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “liti: lijǫ lijetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 204, 234, 237; PR 139)”