Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/letъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *lekt-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lek-.

Noun

*letъ m

flight

Inflection

Declension of *letъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*letъ	*leta	*leti
genitive	*leta	*letu	*letъ
dative	*letu	*letoma	*letomъ
accusative	*letъ	*leta	*lety
instrumental	letъmь, letomь^*	*letoma	*lety
locative	*letě	*letu	*letěxъ
vocative	*lete	*leta	*leti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: лёт (ljot)
- Middle Russian: летъ (let)
  - Russian: лёт (ljot), (dialectal) лет (let), леть (letʹ)
- Ukrainian: літ (lit), (dialectal) лет (let), льот (lʹot)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: лет (let)
  - ⇒ Bulgarian: по́лет (pólet)
- Macedonian: лет (let), лето n (leto)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ле̑т, лијет, лѐто n, (dialectal) ле̣̑т
  
  Latin script: lȇt, lijet, lèto n, (dialectal) lẹ̑t
- Slovene: lȅt (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: let
- Polish: lot
- Slovak: let
- Slovincian:
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: lot
  - Slovincian: lôt
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: lět
  - Upper Sorbian: lět