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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
Etymology
From *lěkъ + *-iti.
Verb
*lěčiti
- to cure, to heal
- Synonym: *cěliti
Inflection
Conjugation of *lěčiti, *lěči, *lěčitь (?, -i-, 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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| *lěčenьje
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*lěčiti
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*lěčitъ
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*lěčilъ
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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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*lěčenъ
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*lěčimъ
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| Active
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*lěčь
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*lěčę
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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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*lěčixъ |
*lěči |
*lěči
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*lěčǫ |
*lěčiši |
*lěčitь
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| Dual
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*lěčixově |
*lěčista |
*lěčiste
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*lěčivě |
*lěčita |
*lěčite
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| Plural
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*lěčixomъ |
*lěčiste |
*lěčišę
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*lěčimъ |
*lěčite |
*lěčętь
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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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*lěčaaxъ |
*lěčaaše |
*lěčaaše
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*lěči |
*lěči
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| Dual
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*lěčaaxově |
*lěčaašeta |
*lěčaašete
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*lěčivě |
*lěčita |
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| Plural
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*lěčaaxomъ |
*lěčaašete |
*lěčaaxǫ
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*lěčimъ |
*lěčite |
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Notes: - (*)*lěčivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: лячы́ць (ljačýcʹ)
- Russian: лечи́ть (lečítʹ)
- Carpathian Rusyn: лїчи́ц (ljičýc)
- Ukrainian: лічи́ти (ličýty)
- South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: лѣчити (lěčiti)
- Bulgarian: леча (leča) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: лечи (leči)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: ле́чити
- Latin script: léčiti
- Slovene: léčiti (tonal orthography) (archaic)
- West Slavic
- Old Czech: léčiti
- Old Polish: leczyć
- Polish: leczyć
- Silesian: lyczyć
- Slovak: liečiť
Further reading
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 351
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “леча”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 380