Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lęgati

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

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Per ESSJa, probably related to Lithuanian lingúoti (“to swing”), li̇̀ngė (“pole on which a cradle is suspended”), Latvian lĩguôt (“to swing, to sway”).

Verb

*lęgati

  1. to swing?, to sway?
Inflection
Conjugation of *lęgati, *lęga, *lęgajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*lęganьje *lęgati *lęgatъ *lęgalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *lęganъ *lęgajemъ
Active *lęgavъ *lęgaję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *lęgaxъ *lęga *lęga *lęgajǫ *lęgaješi *lęgajetь
Dual *lęgaxově *lęgasta *lęgaste *lęgajevě *lęgajeta *lęgajete
Plural *lęgaxomъ *lęgaste *lęgašę *lęgajemъ *lęgajete *lęgajǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *lęgaaxъ *lęgaaše *lęgaaše — *lęgaji *lęgaji
Dual *lęgaaxově *lęgaašeta *lęgaašete *lęgajivě *lęgajita —
Plural *lęgaaxomъ *lęgaašete *lęgaaxǫ *lęgajimъ *lęgajite —

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: лягацца (ljahacca) (dialectal)
    • Russian: ляга́ть (ljagátʹ)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lęgati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 54
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