Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lęgati
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Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
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Per ESSJa, probably related to Lithuanian lingúoti (“to swing”), lìngė (“pole on which a cradle is suspended”), Latvian lĩguôt (“to swing, to sway”).
Verb
edit*lęgati
Inflection
editConjugation of *lęgati, *lęga, *lęgajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *lęganьje | *lęgati | *lęgatъ | *lęgalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *lęganъ | *lęgajemъ |
| Active | *lęgavъ | *lęgaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *lęgaxъ | *lęga | *lęga | *lęgajǫ | *lęgaješi | *lęgajetь |
| Dual | *lęgaxově | *lęgasta | *lęgaste | *lęgajevě | *lęgajeta | *lęgajete |
| Plural | *lęgaxomъ | *lęgaste | *lęgašę | *lęgajemъ | *lęgajete | *lęgajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *lęgaaxъ | *lęgaaše | *lęgaaše | — | *lęgaji | *lęgaji |
| Dual | *lęgaaxově | *lęgaašeta | *lęgaašete | *lęgajivě | *lęgajita | — |
| Plural | *lęgaaxomъ | *lęgaašete | *lęgaaxǫ | *lęgajimъ | *lęgajite | — |
Descendants
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Further reading
edit- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lęgati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 54