Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian лꙗгати (ljahati), from the earlier Old Ruthenian лѣгати (lěhati) with the root лѣг- (lěh-) leveled with the nasalized forms: Old Ruthenian лѣчилѧже, лѧгѫ, лꙗжъ (lěči → ljaže, ljahu, ljaž), from Old East Slavic лѣгати (lěgati), from Proto-Slavic *lěgati (see *leťi). By surface analysis, лягти́ (ljahtý) +‎ -а́ти (-áty).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [lʲɐˈɦate]
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Verb

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ляга́ти (ljahátyimpf (perfective лягти́) (intransitive)

  1. to lie down (to assume a horizontal position)
    ляга́ти спа́тиljaháty spátyto go to bed (literally, “to lie down to sleep”)
    ляга́ти в лі́жкоljaháty v lížkoto lie down in bed, to go to bed
    • 2019, Валентин Северинюк, Популярні українські прислів'я та приказки : тематичний коментований словник [Popular Ukrainian Proverbs and Sayings: Thematic Dictionary with Commentary], Ternopil: Навчальна книга - Богдан, →ISBN, 1.6. День. Ніч. Сон, page 16:
      з курми́ ляга́й, з пі́внями встава́й
      z kurmý ljaháj, z pívnjamy vstaváj
      go to bed with the chickens
      (literally, “lie down with the chickens, rise with the roosters”)
  2. to get down (to duck or take cover, usually to avoid harm)
  3. to fall (die in battle)
  4. (third person only) to fall (to come down, to drop or descend)
  5. (third person only) to fall (to come as if by dropping down)
  6. (third person only, road or path) to lie

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