Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lelějati

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 edit

Alternative reconstructions edit

*lelěti

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic, according to ESSJa. Compare Lithuanian leliúoti, Latvian leluôt.

Verb edit

*lelějati^[1]

to rock, to sway

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *lelějati, *lelěja, *lelějetь (?, -ja/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*lelějanьje	*lelějati	*lelějatъ	*lelějalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*lelějanъ	*lelějemъ
Active	*lelějavъ	*lelěję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lelějaxъ	*lelěja	*lelěja	*lelějǫ	*lelěješi	*lelějetь
Dual	*lelějaxově	*lelějasta	*lelějaste	*lelějevě	*lelějeta	*lelějete
Plural	*lelějaxomъ	*lelějaste	*lelějašę	*lelějemъ	*lelějete	*lelějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lelějaaxъ	*lelějaaše	*lelějaaše	—	*lelěji	*lelěji
Dual	*lelějaaxově	*lelějaašeta	*lelějaašete	*lelějivě	*lelějita	—
Plural	*lelějaaxomъ	*lelějaašete	*lelějaaxǫ	*lelějimъ	*lelějite	—

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лелѣꙗти (lelějati)
  - Belarusian: леле́ць (ljeljécʹ), ляле́ць (ljaljécʹ)
  - Russian: леле́ять (leléjatʹ)
  - Ukrainian: лелíяти (lelíjaty)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: леле́я (leléja)
- Macedonian: лелее (lelee)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: лелѐjати, лелѝjати
  
  Latin script: lelèjati, lelìjati
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: leleti
- Old Polish: lelejać
  - Polish: lelejać (obsolete)

References edit

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lelějati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 100