leći

See also: leci and leči

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *leťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *legtei, from Proto-Indo-European *légʰeti, from *legʰ- (to lie).

Verb

lȅći pf (Cyrillic spelling ле̏ћи)

  1. (intransitive) to lie down
  2. (intransitive) to fit (+u (in) or na (on)) (match by size and shape)
Conjugation
Conjugation of lȅći / lȅgnuti
infinitive lȅći / lȅgnuti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb lȅgāvši / lȅgnūvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present ležem / legnem ležeš / legneš leže / legne ležemo / legnemo ležete / legnete legu / legnu
future future I leći / legnut ću1
leći / legnuću
leći / legnut ćeš1
leći / legnućeš
leći / legnut će1
leći / legnuće
leći / legnut ćemo1
leći / legnućemo
leći / legnut ćete1
leći / legnućete
leći / legnut ćē1
leći / legnuće
future II bȕdēm legao2 bȕdēš legao2 bȕdē legao2 bȕdēmo legli2 bȕdēte legli2 bȕdū legli2
past perfect legao sam2 legao si2 legao je2 legli smo2 legli ste2 legli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam legao2 bȉo si legao2 bȉo je legao2 bíli smo legli2 bíli ste legli2 bíli su legli2
aorist legoh / legnuh leže / legnu leže / legnu legosmo / legnusmo legoste / legnuste legoše / legnoše
conditional conditional I legao bih2 legao bi2 legao bi2 legli bismo2 legli biste2 legli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih legao2 bȉo bi legao2 bȉo bi legao2 bíli bismo legli2 bíli biste legli2 bíli bi legli2
imperative lezi / lez / legni lezimo / legnimo lezite / legnite
active past participle legao m / legla f / leglo n legli m / legle f / legla n
passive past participle legnut m / legnuta f / legnuto n legnuti m / legnute f / legnuta n

1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Synonyms
Derived terms
  • nàleći
  • pòleći
  • prìleći
  • slȅći
  • ùleći se
  • zàleći

Verb

lȇći impf (Cyrillic spelling ле̑ћи)

  1. (intransitive) to hatch, brood (keep an egg warm to make it hatch)
Conjugation
Conjugation of leći
infinitive leći
present verbal adverb légūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun léžēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present ležem ležeš leže ležemo ležete legu
future future I leći ću leći ćeš leći će leći ćemo leći ćete leći ćē
future II bȕdēm legao2 bȕdēš legao2 bȕdē legao2 bȕdēmo legli2 bȕdēte legli2 bȕdū legli2
past perfect legao sam2 legao si2 legao je2 legli smo2 legli ste2 legli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam legao2 bȉo si legao2 bȉo je legao2 bíli smo legli2 bíli ste legli2 bíli su legli2
imperfect lezijah / ležah lezijaše / ležaše lezijaše / ležaše lezijasmo / ležasmo lezijaste / ležaste lezijahu / ležahu
conditional conditional I legao bih2 legao bi2 legao bi2 legli bismo2 legli biste2 legli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih legao2 bȉo bi legao2 bȉo bi legao2 bíli bismo legli2 bíli biste legli2 bíli bi legli2
imperative lezi lezimo lezite
active past participle legao m / legla f / leglo n legli m / legle f / legla n
passive past participle ležen m / ležena f / leženo n leženi m / ležene f / ležena n

1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.

Derived terms
  • ìzlēći

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

leći (Cyrillic spelling лећи)

  1. dative/locative singular of leća