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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lǫčiti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lánkīˀtei, causative/iterative of *lenk- (“to bend”).
Verb
*lǭčìti[1][2]
- to separate
Inflection
Conjugation of *lǫčiti, *lǫči, *lǫčitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *lǫčenьje | *lǫčiti | *lǫčitъ | *lǫčilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *lǫčenъ | *lǫčimъ |
| Active | *lǫčь | *lǫčę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *lǫčixъ | *lǫči | *lǫči | *lǫčǫ | *lǫčiši | *lǫčitь |
| Dual | *lǫčixově | *lǫčista | *lǫčiste | *lǫčivě | *lǫčita | *lǫčite |
| Plural | *lǫčixomъ | *lǫčiste | *lǫčišę | *lǫčimъ | *lǫčite | *lǫčętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *lǫčaaxъ | *lǫčaaše | *lǫčaaše | — | *lǫči | *lǫči |
| Dual | *lǫčaaxově | *lǫčaašeta | *lǫčaašete | *lǫčivě | *lǫčita | — |
| Plural | *lǫčaaxomъ | *lǫčaašete | *lǫčaaxǫ | *lǫčimъ | *lǫčite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*lǫčivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms
- *lęťi (“to bend”)
- *lękati, *lęcati (“to set traps, to scare?”)
- *lękъ (“bent”)
- *lǫčьje (“rush”)
- *lǭkà (“low-lying meadow”)
- *lǫkàvъ (“curved, cunning”)
- *lǫ̑kъ (“bow”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лꙋчити (lučiti) (12th century)
- Belarusian: лучы́ць (lučýcʹ)
- Russian: (dialectal) лучи́ть (lučítʹ) (standard разлучи́ть (razlučítʹ))
- Ukrainian: лучи́ти (lučýty)
- Old East Slavic: лꙋчити (lučiti) (12th century)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: лѫчити (lǫčiti)
- Glagolitic: ⰾⱘⱍⰹⱅⰹ (lǫčiti)
- Bulgarian: лъ́ча (lǎ́ča)
- Macedonian: лачи (lači)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: лу́чити
- Latin: lúčiti
- Slovene: ločīti, lọ́čiti (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: lúčiti
- Czech: loučit (literary)
- Old Polish: łączyć
- Polish: łączyć
- Slovak: lúčiť
- Slovincian: lą̃čĭc
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: łucyś
- Old Czech: lúčiti
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лучи́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lǫčiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 132
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lǭčìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 288: “v. (b) ‘separate’”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “ločīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*lǫči̋ti”