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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.
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Proto-Slavic
- *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]
- to bend, to crook
- 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
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *lęčenьje
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*lęťi
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*lęťь
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*lęklъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*lęčenъ
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*lękomъ
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| Active
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*lękъ
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*lęky
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*lęk(ox)ъ |
*lęče |
*lęče
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*lękǫ |
*lęčeši |
*lęčetь
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| Dual
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*lęk(ox)ově |
*lęk(e/os)ta |
*lęk(e/os)te
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*lęčevě |
*lęčeta |
*lęčete
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| Plural
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*lęk(ox)omъ |
*lęk(e/os)te |
*lękǫ, *lękošę
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*lęčemъ |
*lęčete |
*lękǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*lęčaaxъ |
*lęčaaše |
*lęčaaše
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*lęci |
*lęci
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| Dual
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*lęčaaxově |
*lęčaašeta |
*lęčaašete
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*lęcěvě |
*lęcěta |
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| Plural
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*lęčaaxomъ |
*lęčaašete |
*lęčaaxǫ
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*lęcěmъ |
*lęcěte |
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Conjugation of
*lęťi, *lęče, *lęčetь (
impf., -C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *lęčenьje
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*lęťi
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*lęťь
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*lęklъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*lęčenъ
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*lękomъ
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| Active
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*lękъ
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*lęky
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*lęxъ |
*lęče |
*lęče
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*lękǫ |
*lęčeši |
*lęčetь
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| Dual
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*lęxově |
*lęsta |
*lęste
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*lęčevě |
*lęčeta |
*lęčete
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| Plural
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*lęxomъ |
*lęste |
*lęšę
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*lęčemъ |
*lęčete |
*lękǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*lęčaaxъ |
*lęčaaše |
*lęčaaše
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— |
*lęci |
*lęci
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| Dual
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*lęčaaxově |
*lęčaašeta |
*lęčaašete
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*lęcěvě |
*lęcěta |
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| Plural
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*lęčaaxomъ |
*lęčaašete |
*lęčaaxǫ
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*lęcěmъ |
*lęcěte |
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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
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lękti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, 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), volume 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