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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lęťi

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

Alternative forms
  • *lękti (earlier, unassimilated form, as in Derksen, Chernykh, Vasmer)
  • *lękťi (earlier, partly assimilated form, as in Trubachev)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lénktei.

Verb

*lęťi impf (perfective *lęknǫti)[1]

  1. to bend, to crook
  2. to twine, to loop
    → (by extension) to set traps (in West Slavic)

Conjugation
Conjugation of *lęťi, *lęče, *lęčetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*lęčenьje *lęťi *lęťь *lęklъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *lęčenъ *lękomъ
Active *lękъ *lęky
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *lęk(ox)ъ*lęče*lęče *lękǫ*lęčeši*lęčetь
Dual *lęk(ox)ově*lęk(e/os)ta*lęk(e/os)te *lęčevě*lęčeta*lęčete
Plural *lęk(ox)omъ*lęk(e/os)te*lękǫ, *lękošę *lęčemъ*lęčete*lękǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *lęčaaxъ*lęčaaše*lęčaaše —*lęci*lęci
Dual *lęčaaxově*lęčaašeta*lęčaašete *lęcěvě*lęcěta—
Plural *lęčaaxomъ*lęčaašete*lęčaaxǫ *lęcěmъ*lęcěte—
Conjugation of *lęťi, *lęče, *lęčetь (impf., -C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*lęčenьje *lęťi *lęťь *lęklъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *lęčenъ *lękomъ
Active *lękъ *lęky
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *lęxъ*lęče*lęče *lękǫ*lęčeši*lęčetь
Dual *lęxově*lęsta*lęste *lęčevě*lęčeta*lęčete
Plural *lęxomъ*lęste*lęšę *lęčemъ*lęčete*lękǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *lęčaaxъ*lęčaaše*lęčaaše —*lęci*lęci
Dual *lęčaaxově*lęčaašeta*lęčaašete *lęcěvě*lęcěta—
Plural *lęčaaxomъ*lęčaašete*lęčaaxǫ *lęcěmъ*lęcěte—

Derived terms
  • *nalęťi impf, *nalęknǫti pf (“to pull, to wrench”)
  • *sъlęťi impf, *sъlęknǫti pf (“to crook”)
  • *lękota (resultant noun)
  • *lęčь (“snare, lace”)
  • *lękъ (“bent”)

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: лѧщи (lęšti) (rare, usually prefixed)
      • → Old East Slavic: лѧщи (lęšči)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: léci (archaic); líct (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: lac (archaic)
      • Lower Sorbian: lěc

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lękti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 277: “v. ‘bend’”

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lękti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 62
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ляка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “слек¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 865
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “lekniti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
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